A Social Philosophy of Housing

ISBN-13: 9781138726246 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 118 str.

Peter King

Opis

This title was first published in 2003. This text seeks to show the importance of housing to individuals and in the broader context of social welfare. It offers a universal philosophical justification for housing provision based on a detailed theoretical consideration of need, choice, rights and responsibility. The implications of basing housing policies on these concepts are considered. Dr Peter King suggests that we should see housing as, above all, a pre-requisite for human flourishing. As such it is an essentially private activity. As a consequence, he argues, housing policy should be limited to a consideration of the enhancement of the personal fulfilment of individuals rather than seeking to further collective or utilitarian ends.

Spis treści

1: Housing and Philosophical Justification; 2: Theorising Housing Policy; 3: From Need to Choice; 4: A Right to Housing; 5: Being Responsible; 6: Individual Autonomy; 7: What Housing is For

O autorze

Peter King