‘Dirty Work’ Raises Moral Questions
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Journalist and author Eyal Press’ book 'Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America' examines the morally troubling jobs that are done in our name, and shines a light on the workers who do them. Press argues that these workers are hidden by the powerful in society who want to keep the violence of prisons, slaughterhouses, and battlefields out of the public eye.
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