Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility

David Schmidtz; Robert E. Goodin

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511815508

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.’

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Series Editor's Introduction
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Preface
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1 - Taking Responsibility
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1.1 - The Tide of Wealth
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1.2 - Why Isn't Everyone Destitute?
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1.3 - Responsibility and Community
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1.4 - Mutual Aid
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1.5 - But Is It Just?
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2 - Social Welfare as a Collective Social Responsibility
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2.1 - The Policy Context
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2.2 - Some Key Words in Context
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2.3 - Collective Responsibility
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2.4 - The Classic Case for Collectivization Restated
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2.5 - The Morality of Incentives and Deterrence
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2.6 - The Point of Politics
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-x

Series Editor's Introduction
pp xi-xiv

Preface
pp xv-xviii

1 - Taking Responsibility
pp 1-2

1.1 - The Tide of Wealth
pp 3-23

1.2 - Why Isn't Everyone Destitute?
pp 24-43

1.3 - Responsibility and Community
pp 44-59

1.4 - Mutual Aid
pp 60-79

1.5 - But Is It Just?
pp 80-96

2 - Social Welfare as a Collective Social Responsibility
pp 97-98

2.1 - The Policy Context
pp 99-115

2.2 - Some Key Words in Context
pp 116-144

2.3 - Collective Responsibility
pp 145-154

2.4 - The Classic Case for Collectivization Restated
pp 155-171

2.5 - The Morality of Incentives and Deterrence
pp 172-189

2.6 - The Point of Politics
pp 190-195

References
pp 196-210

Index
pp 211-222

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