The Moral Significance Of Class

Download or read book The Moral Significance of Class written by Andrew Sayer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.