Ajax Dilemma Justice, Fairness, and Rewards

Name: Ajax Dilemma Justice, Fairness, and Rewards
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ISBN: 9780199768615

ISBN-10: 0199768617

ISBN-13: 9780199768615

Edition: 2011

Authors: Paul Woodruff

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We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million dollar bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world, in short, where rewards are often unfairly meted out. InThe Ajax Dilemma, Paul Woodruff examines one of today's most pressing moral issues: how to distribute rewards and public recognition without damaging the social fabric. How should we honor those whose behavior and achievement is essential to our overall success? Is it fair or right to lavish rewards on the superstar at the expense of the hardworking rank-and-file? How do we distinguish an impartial fairness from what is truly…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/8/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 7.10" wide x 5.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Paul Woodruff is former dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies and currently Darrell K. Royal Professor in Ethics and American Society at the University of Texas at Austin. His latest book is The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness and Rewards .




Introductory



Ajax



What's at Stake: Rewards, Booty, and Incentives



The Ajax Story



Learning from the Ajax Story



A New Approach to Justice and Compassion



The Myth



Caring About Ajax



The Story Tellers



The Contest: What Went Wrong



Justice as Human Wisdom



Bad Losers



Compassion



Fairness



The Fairness Trap



Good Things and their Doubles



Justice



Anger and Justice in the Soul



Honor and Respect



Wisdom



Leadership


Afterword: Ajax and Odysseus: From Battlefield to Boardroom



Bibliography


Endnotes