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Abstract: \;This paper explores the relations between self-esteem and social competition. Self-esteem is a very important good and social competition is a widespread phenomenon. They are commonly linked\, as people often seek self-esteem through success in competition. Although competition in fact generates valuable consequences and can to some extent foster self-esteem\, empirical research suggests that competition has a strong tendency to undermine self-esteem. To be sure\, competition is not the source of all problematic deficits in self-esteem\, and it can arise for\, or undercut goods other than self-esteem. But the relation between competition and access to self-esteem is still significant\, and it is worth asking how we might foster a desirable distribution of the latter in the face of difficulties created by the former. That is the question addressed in this paper. The approach I propose neither recommends self-denial nor the uncritical celebration of the rat race. It charts instead a solidaristic path to support the social conditions of the self-esteem of each individual. I proceed as follows. I start\, in section 2\, by clarifying key concepts involved in the discussion. In section 3\, I identify ten mechanisms that support individuals&rsquo\; self-esteem and impose limits on competition. I focus\, in particular\, on the challenges faced by people in their practices of work. In section 4\, I outline prudential and moral arguments to justify the use of the proposed mechanisms. Section 5 concludes with remarks on the role of social criticism in the processes of change favoring the use of the mechanisms.

ORGANIZER;CN=Elizabeth Brake;CN=Kimberley Brownlee: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR