1st Edition
Social Justice in Contemporary Housing Applying Rawls’ Difference Principle
Chapter 1 – Housing Studies, Philosophy, and Policy
The epistemological foundations of housing studies
The relationship between philosophy and policy
Applied philosophy
Policy: homelessness and housing first
Chapter 2 – The Role of the Reasonable in Public Justification
Introduction
The two moral powers
The use of reasonableness as a regulatory mechanism
A political conception of justice
The liberal principle of legitimacy
Applying reasonableness to social policy: The ‘Bedroom Tax’
Chapter 3 – A Rawlsian Account of Justice
Justice as fairness
The difference principle
Applying the difference principle
Justifying the use of the difference principle
Reflective equilibrium
Extending the concept of reflective equilibrium
Chapter 4 – Primary Goods: An Appropriate Metric?
Criticisms of primary goods
Alternative metrics
Revising primary goods
Chapter 5 – Self-Command and Basic Justice
Self-respect as a primary good
Self-command and social freedom
The revised metric
Chapter 6 – Applying Philosophy to Housing
The modified test
Application to policy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Helen Taylor is a lecturer in housing studies at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. She is Communications Officer for the Housing Studies Association, as well as a board member for housing sector organisations Newport City Homes and Cymorth Cymru, and sector publication Welsh Housing Quarterly.
