For Work / Against Work
Debates on the centrality of work

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Contemporary Political Philosophy

by Kymlicka, Will (2002)

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there are many values that may compete with unalienated production… Some people will view productive labour as ‘life’s prime want’, but others will not. A prohibition on alienated labour, therefore, would unfairly privilege some people over others (p.193)

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