Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility

David Schmidtz author Robert E Goodin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th Aug '98

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Schmidtz and Goodin debate the ethical merits of individual versus collective responsibility for welfare.

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. David Schmidtz and Robert Goodin debate the ethical merits of individual versus collective responsibility for welfare.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. David Schmidtz and Robert Goodin 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.

' … clear and accessible, and show a remarkable mastery of the empirical literature.' Political Studies

ISBN: 9780521564618

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: 380g

244 pages