Research Catalog

Title

Social welfare and individual responsibility / David Schmidtz, Robert E. Goodin.

Author

Schmidtz, David

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

Goodin, Robert E.

Description

xviii, 222 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"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 programs. 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

For and against

Uniform Title

For and against (Cambridge, England)

Subject

• Public welfare > Moral and ethical aspects
• Responsibility
• Social Justice
• Social justice
• Social policy > Moral and ethical aspects
• Welfare state > Moral and ethical aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-210) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Taking Responsibility / David Schmidtz. 1.1. The Tide of Wealth. 1.2. Why Isn't Everyone Destitute? 1.3. Responsibility and Community. 1.4. Mutual Aid. 1.5. But Is It Just? 2. Social Welfare as a Collective Social Responsibility / Robert E. Goodin. 2.1. The Policy Context. 2.2. Some Key Words in Context. 2.3. Collective Responsibility. 2.4. The Classic Case for Collectivization Restated. 2.5. The Morality of Incentives and Deterrence. 2.6. The Point of Politics.

ISBN

• 0521564166 (hardback)
• 0521564611 (paperback)

LCCN

^^^97052782^

OCLC

38144477

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library