A01=Fred Groh
Adequate Self-direction
Author_Fred Groh
Basic Liberalism
Block's Utility
Block’s Utility
Category=QD
Communitarian Principle
Contemporary Society
distributive justice
Dog's House
Dog’s House
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Ethical Intent
Extermination Program
Gewirth's Argument
Gewirth’s Argument
Good Life
liberal theory
liberalism
Machan's Argument
Machan’s Argument
Moral Intuition
moral justification
Moral Principles
personal autonomy
political philosophy
poverty problem
Present Welfare System
Principles Basic Liberalism
Project Pursuer
Rand's Argument
Rand’s Argument
rational basis for welfare critique
Rational Judgment
Rationally Justify
social ethics
social morality
Sovereignty Principle
Vice Versa
Violate
Water Tax
welfare state morality
Welfare State Politics
Product details
- ISBN 9781138618435
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 18 Sep 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 adequately with the problems of life. The same arguments lay the basis for an alternative social morality giving the individual his due respect. Among the topics are subjective and objective approaches to moral justification; when moral intuitions must be rejected; how it can be rational to act against reason; personal autonomy and the irresistible impulse; and why and when expropriation is morally permissible. A summary chapter applies the main conclusions to the poverty problem, comparing welfare state morality and the alternative in action.
