PHIL215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pressure Cooking, Golden Handcuffs

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL215
• Professor: Brian Orend

Document Summary

Back over-extension: dangerous machinery, slip/trip/fall, lifting objects overhead, violence in workplace. Golden handcuffs : lots of money but you are chained to your job, a job with numerous time requirements. Worker violation of law, recession within industry, inefficiency, lack of ability to do job, always, late, incompatibility to work with co-workers. If someone is physically sensitive, and unable to do a job, they have the right to fire them. All people can expect from employers is to have a reasonable work place. Can"t expect them to bubblewrap everything ( too expensive) and impossible to accommodate for everyone ( esp. extra sensitive user who is aways the loser .