Equality and Human Need
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9434652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marvin Zetterbaum (University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 983-998 |
| Publication date | 1977-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1960102 |
| OpenAlex | W4247358387 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This paper has the twofold purpose of exploring how and whether it may be said that value arises from human need and, in particular, how the value of equality may arise from an alleged human need for recognition. It traces two opposite dispositions toward recognition, one seeing it as destructive of the minimum conditions for political life, the other viewing it as the principal agency through which men achieve their humanity. The concept of a basic human need is then exposed to the criticism of “social apperception,” which apparently renders meaningless the concept altogether. Nevertheless, two “faces” of recognition are explored – one affirming that common human nature in virtue of which all men are said to be equal, and the other, affirming the concrete specificity of each individual. The paper concludes by arguing that this second aspect of the drive for recognition, which is viewed by some as the primary political obligation, is actually not a legitimate aspiration of political life
Agency (philosophy · Apperception · Criticism · Epistemology · Humanity · Obligation · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Virtue · Computer Science · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology · Social Psychology
Philosophy, Politics and Society
Hegel's Political Philosophy
Hegel, a Collection of Critical Essays
Introduction
The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx
Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Natural Law and Modern Society
History of Political Philosophy
A Defense of Human Equality
Tocqueville and the Problem of Democracy
Behavioralism in Political Science
The Sociology of Georg Simmel
Some Ways of Thinking about Equality
The Idea of Equality as a Substantive Principle of Society
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Are basic needs ultimate
Human Nature in Its Psychological Dimensions
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |