Good Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8069385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clark (0000-0002-8392-1651, corresponding author), Samuel Clark (0000-0003-1598-7111, Department of Politics Philosophy and Religion County South, Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YQ UK) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-73 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Applied Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-3758 • E-ISSN: 1468-5930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/japp.12137 |
| OpenAlex | W2524620157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
Work is on one side a central arena of self‐making, self‐understanding, and self‐development, and on the other a deep threat to our flourishing. My question is: what kind of work is good for human beings, and what kind bad? I first characterise work as necessary productive activity. My answer to my question then develops a perfectionist account of the human good: (1) the good is the full development and expression of human potentials and capacities; (2) this development and expression happens over a lifetime through appropriate practice. Work is thus a problem of human development, and I address that problem by considering three central human capacities: that we are passionate choosers, skilled makers, and social negotiators. For each, I ask: what does this capacity need from our work if it is to develop towards full and flourishing expression? Answering that question leads to a three‐part account of good work as requiring: (1) a distinctive kind of pleasure, involving both unselfconscious flow and supervisory self‐attention; (2) skill, which I describe via the ideal of craft; and (3) democracy, which I define as a form of life in which each is able to develop and use both expressive and receptive capacities
Craft · Democracy · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Flourishing · Ideal (ethics · Pleasure · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Psychology · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |