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Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility

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ISBN-10: 0521564611

ISBN-13: 9780521564618

Edition: 1998

Authors: David Schmidtz, Robert E. Goodin, R. G. Frey

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The issue of social welfare and individual responsibility has become a topic of international public debate in recent years The authors of this book debate the ethical merits of individual versus collective responsibility for welfare.
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Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/13/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Taking Responsibility David Schmidtz
Preface
The tide of wealth
Why isn�t everyone destitute?
Responsibility and community
Mutual aid
But is it just?
Social Welfare as a Collective Social Responsibility
The policy context
Some keywords in context
Collective responsibility
The classic case for collectivization restated
The morality of incentives and deterrence
The point of politics