The Decent Society

Avishai Margalit

Translated by Naomi Goldblum

    Preface

    Introduction

    The Concept of Humiliation

    Humiliation

    Rights

    Honor

    The Grounds of Respect

    Justifying Respect

    The Skeptical Solution

    Being Beastly to Humans

    Decency as a Social Concept

    The Paradox of Humiliation

    Rejection

    Citizenship

    Culture

    Putting Social Institutions to the Test

    Snobbery

    Privacy

    Bureaucracy

    The Welfare Society

    Unemployment

    Punishment

    Conclusion

    Notes

    Index

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Avishai Margalit is the Schulman Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also the George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Studies. He writes regularly for the New York Review of Books.