Political Philosophy and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals): Essays on the Normative Basis of Welfare Provisions

by Plant, Raymond; Taylor-Gooby, Peter; Lesser, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780203092262
• ISBN10: 0203092260
• Copyright: 2009-07-15
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This re-issued work, first published in 1980, represents a work of normative political philosophy which argues positively for the centrality of the obligation to meet the various demands of social need in our society, and will be of particular interest to students of politics, philosophy, social politics and administration. Bringing the insights of analytical Political Philosophy to bear on the issues of social welfare and welfare provision, the authors discuss such issues as the basis of the sense of stigma involved in the receipt of welfare benefits, the right of welfare and the concepts of community .

Table of Contents

Political Philosophy and Social Welfare

Needs, Rights and Welfare

Human Needs, Objectivity and Morality

The Moral Basis of Welfare Provision

Needs, Interests and Power

Objectivity, Social Justice and Social Power

True and False Friends

Market, Needs and Welfare

Community and the Legitimation of Social Policy

Markets, Community and Welfare

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