The Ethics of Welfare: Human Rights, Dependency and Responsibility

ISBN-13: 9781861345622 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 224 str.

Hartley Dean

Opis

Present day policy makers endorse the cause of human rights, yet they tell us we can have no rights without responsibility and that dependency is irresponsible. This book offers a critique of this paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the future of social welfare. It explores the extent to which rights to welfare are related to human inter-dependency on the one hand and the ethics of responsibility on the other. Its intention is to kick start a new debate about the moral foundations of social policy and welfare reform.