| Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility Contributor(s): Schmidtz, David (Author), Goodin, Robert E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521564611 ISBN-13: 9780521564618 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: The issue of social welfare and individual responsibility has become a topic of international debate in recent years. Here authors Schmidtz and Goodin argue the ethical merits of individual versus collective responsibility for welfare. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 361.61 |
| LCCN: 97052782 |
| Series: For & Against Series |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.01" (0.86 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The issue of social welfare and individual responsibility has become a topic of international public debate in recent years as politicians around the world now question the legitimacy of state-funded welfare systems. The authors of this book debate the ethical merits of individual versus collective responsibility for welfare. David Schmidtz argues that social welfare policy should prepare people for responsible adulthood rather than try to make that unnecessary. Robert Goodin argues against the individualization of welfare policy and expounds the virtues of collective responsibility. |