The Moral Significance of Class

Class affects not only our material wealth but our access to relationships and practices which we have reason to value, including the esteem or respect of others and hence our sense of self-worth. It determines the kind of people we become and our chances of living a fulfilling life. Applying concepts from moral philosophy and social theory to empirical studies of class, this accessible study demonstrates how people are valued in a context of the lottery of birth class, or forces having little to do with moral qualities or other merits.

Author: Andrew Sayer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/13/2005
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780521616409

About the Author
Sayer, Andrew: - Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at the Department of Sociology, Lancaster University. His publications include Microcircuits of Capital (1988, with K. J. Morgan), Method in Social Science (1992), The New Social Economy (1992, with R. A. Walker), Radical Political Economy: A Critique (1995), and Realism and Social Science (2000), and over eighty articles.

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