Description: Further DetailsTitle: Ajax DilemmaCondition: NewSubtitle: Justice, Fairness, and RewardsISBN-10: 0199356882EAN: 9780199356881ISBN: 9780199356881Publisher: Oxford University Press IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/27/2014Description: 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. In The 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 just? Woodruff builds his answer to these questions around the ancient conflict between Ajax and Odysseus over the armor of the slain warrior Achilles. King Agamemnon arranges a speech contest to decide the issue. Ajax, the loyal workhorse, loses the contest, and the priceless armor, to Odysseus, the brilliantly deceptive strategist who will lead the Greeks to victory. Deeply insulted, Ajax goes on a rampage and commits suicide, and in his rage we see the resentment of every loyal worker who has been passed over in favor of those who are more gifted, or whose skills are more highly valued. How should we deal with the "Ajax dilemma"? Woodruff argues that while we can never create a perfect system for distributing just rewards, we can recognize the essential role that wisdom, compassion, moderation, and respect must play if we are to restore the basic sense of justice on which all communities depend. This short, thoughtful book, written with Woodruff's characteristic elegance, investigates some of the most bitterly divisive issues in American today.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 177mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 19mmAuthor: Paul WoodruffGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityItem Weight: 227gTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Ajax Dilemma
Title: Ajax Dilemma
Subtitle: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards
ISBN-10: 0199356882
EAN: 9780199356881
ISBN: 9780199356881
Release Date: 03/27/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: Ajax Dilemma : Justice, Fairness, and Rewards
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Leadership, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Law, Philosophy, Business & Economics
Item Length: 6.9 in
Author: Paul Woodruff
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
