The Injustice of Alienation.

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  • Author(s): von Platz, Jeppe
  • Source:
    Social Theory & Practice. Apr2021, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p397-424. 28p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      SOCIAL history; SOCIAL processes; SOCIAL contract
    • Abstract:
      I articulate and defend a Rousseauvian theory of alienation and argue that thus construed non-alienation is a requirement of justice. On the Rousseauvian account, alienation is a process whereby social and economic conditions produce a particular sort of moral-psychological failure (alienated persons). Alienation is undesirable in itself, but it also makes the alienated person miserable, wicked, and unfree. Since our social and economic conditions are chosen, we should choose those that do not have these undesirable consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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