The Hit Man's Dilemma: Or Business, Personal and Impersonal [Paperback]

It's not personal; it's just business, says the professional killer to his victim. But business is always personal, and even though modern business corporations have been granted the legal status of persons, they are still part of the impersonal engines of society that operate far beyond human reach.

Keith Hart explores in his thought-provoking pamphletThe Hitman's Dilemmahow we have never been more conscious of ourselves as unique personalities, but we live in a society increasingly ruled by faceless corporate forces. He ultimately asks: What place is there for the humanity of individual persons in the dehumanized social and economic frameworks we live within? This is the hitman's dilemma, and it is ours as well.

Keith Hartis a senior lecturer in anthropology at Goldsmith's College, London.