TY - BOOK AU - Goodin,Robert E. TI - Reasons for Welfare: The Political Theory of the Welfare State T2 - Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy SN - 9780691221878 AV - HM216 U1 - 303.3/72 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Social justice KW - Welfare state KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - PHILOSOPHY / Political KW - bisacsh KW - Bryan, William Jennings KW - Catholic Benevolent Fund KW - Gross National Product (GNF) KW - Harrington, Michael KW - Heclo, Hugh KW - Joseph, Sir Keith KW - Keynesianism KW - Laffer curve KW - absolute needs KW - activist welfare state KW - adverse selection KW - air pollution KW - apartheid policies KW - bias and impartiality KW - capital distribution KW - clientelism in welfare KW - closet altruism KW - collective conscience KW - commercialization and services KW - conditional needs KW - contingent freedom KW - culture of poverty KW - defense contracts KW - disability insurance KW - duty of care concept KW - earnings, and labor supply KW - economic justice KW - entailed estates KW - extra-market allocation KW - farm relief KW - flagrant violation concept KW - formal discretion KW - fraternal organizations KW - generosity KW - gift relationship: altruism KW - humanism, and dependency KW - intentional discrimination KW - involuntary needs KW - laissez-faire KW - loss from exploitation KW - macroeconomics KW - mainstreaming KW - neighborhood schools KW - no choice standard KW - objective needs KW - obligations-based welfare KW - parenta KW - parole boards KW - personal deserts KW - positive discrimination KW - quality control KW - residential patterns N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ONE. Introduction --; Part I AGAINST THE OLD LEFT --; Introduction --; TWO. Needs --; THREE. Equality --; FOUR. Community --; Part II TOWARD A NEW THEORY --; Introduction --; FIVE. Exploitation --; SIX. Dependency --; SEVEN. Discretion --; Part III AGAINST THE NEW RIGHT --; Introduction --; EIGHT. Efficiency --; NINE. Supply-side Policies --; TEN. Desert --; ELEVEN. Freedom --; TWELVE. Self-reliance --; Part IV CONCLUSION --; THIRTEEN. Conclusion --; REFERENCES --; INDEX; restricted access N2 - Robert Goodin passionately and cogently defends the welfare state from current attacks by the New Right. But he contends that the welfare state finds false friends in those on the Old Left who would justify it as a hesitant first step toward some larger, ideally just form of society. Reasons for Welfare, in contrast, offers a defense of the minimal welfare state substantially independent of any such broader commitments, and at the same time better able to withstand challenges from the New Right's moralistic political economy. This defense of the existence of the welfare state is discussed, flanked by criticism of Old Left and New Right arguments that is both acute and devastating. In the author's view, the welfare state is best justified as a device for protecting needy--and hence vulnerable--members of society against the risk of exploitation by those possessing discretionary control over resources that they require. Its task is to protect the interests of those not in a position to protect themselves. Communitarian or egalitarian ideals may lead us to move beyond the welfare state as thus conceived and justified. Moving beyond it, however, does not invalidate the arguments for constantly maintaining at least the minimal protections necessary for vulnerable members of society UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691221878?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691221878 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691221878/original ER -