1st Edition

Due Respect The Morality of the Welfare State

By Fred Groh Copyright 1998
213 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

213 Pages
by Routledge

Published in 1998, this critical analysis of welfare state morality argues that all its essential claims are untenable: that need-based distribution of goods is inconsistent with its rationale; that morality can be given a rational grounding from which follows an exceptionally strong right of personal sovereignty; that cognitive self-sufficiency in the ordinary adult shows capacity to deal... Read more

1. Liberalism  2. Objections  3. More Objections  4. Intuitions  5. Starting Over  6. The Plunder Problem  7. Other Arguments  8. Individuals  9. Success  10. The Helping Problem.

Biography

Fred Groh