This book begins from the premise, which it seeks to elaborate, that the poorest human being shares with the richest, a natural nature. This, it is claimed, is not the trivial thesis it is sometimes represented as being. Rather, significant moral consequences flow from the assumption that all human beings share a set of natural needs. Using this starting point, the book also seeks to defend an objectivist epistemology.

Alison Assiter is the author of "Enlightened Women" (1996) and "Althusser and Feminism" (1990).

About the Author
ALISON ASSITER is Assistant Vice-Chancellor at the University of the West of England, UK, and Pro-Dean in the faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Science. She has previously worked in a number of other universities, in a range of roles. Her publications include: Enlightened Women (1996); Bad Girls, Dirty Pictures (co-editor with A. Carol, 1993); Althusser and Feminism (1990); and Pornography, Feminism and the Individual (1989).

Reviews

'Exciting, challenging, engaging, clear: this book provides a fresh approach to the urgent issue of justice in a divided world.' - Morwenna Griffiths, Professor of Educational Research, Nottingham Trent University, UK

'Alison Assiter has written a very accessible book...which offers a useful counterpoint to the literature on multiculturalism, as well as developing a thesis that resonates with the 'ethical turn' in a considerable amount of contemporary social thought.' - Keith Tester, School of Social, Historical & Literary Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK

Book Information
ISBN 9780333984529
Author A. Assiter
Format Hardback
Page Count 167
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan