Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility

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.

ISBN	0521564611	Volumes	1
ISBN13	9780521564618 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	360
Publisher	Cambridge University Press	Published in	Cambridge
Imprint	Cambridge University Press	Series editor	Frey, R.G. (Bowling Green State University, Ohio)
Format	Paperback	Series title	For and Against
Publication date	13 Aug 1998	Previous ISBN	9780521564168
Non-book description	xviii, 222 p. ;	Height (mm)	216
Library of Congress	HM216 .S296 1998	Width (mm)	138
DEWEY	361	Spine width (mm)	14
DEWEY edition	DC21	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly, General, Tertiary education
Pages	244

	Series Editor's Introduction
	Preface
1	Taking Responsibility by David Schmidtz	1
1.1	The Tide of Wealth	3
1.2	Why Isn't Everyone Destitute?	24
1.3	Responsibility and Community	44
1.4	Mutual Aid	60
1.5	But Is It Just?	80
2	Social Welfare as a Collective Social Responsibility by Robert E. Goodin	97
2.1	The Policy Context	99
2.2	Some Key Words in Context	116
2.3	Collective Responsibility	145
2.4	The Classic Case for Collectivization Restated	155
2.5	The Morality of Incentives and Deterrence	172
2.6	The Point of Politics	190
	References	196
	Index	211

' ... clear and accessible, and show a remarkable mastery of the empirical literature.' Political Studies

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