Why Not Socialism? av G. A. Cohen

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<br><p>Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world''s leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.</p><br><p> There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for example, campers wouldn''t dream of charging each other to use a soccer ball or for fish that they happened to catch. Campers do not give merely to get, but relate to each other in a spirit of equality and community. Would such socialist norms be desirable across society as a whole? Why not? Whole societies may differ from camping trips, but it is still attractive when people treat each other with the equal regard that such trips exhibit.</p><br><p> But, however desirable it may be, many claim that socialism is impossible. Cohen writes that the biggest obstacle to socialism isn''t, as often argued, intractable human selfishness--it''s