Personal Responsibility

Why it Matters

AvAlexander Brown

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PDF, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Personal responsibility is now very much on the political agenda. But what is personal responsibility? Why do we care about it? And what, if anything, should governments do to promote it? This book explores the idea that individuals bear a special responsibility for the success or failure of their own lives looking at philosophical theories, political ideologies, and public opinion on the subject. Alexander Brown lends support to a recent move in political philosophy to deal with real world problems and shows how philosophy can contribute to public democratic debate on pressing issues of personal responsibility. Articulate, provocative, and stimulating, this timely book will make a significant contribution to one of the most important debates of our time.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-09-30
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441128911
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
Serie:Think Now

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

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Alexander Brown is a Teaching Fellow in Political Theory at the School of Public Policy, University College London, UK. He is the author of Ronald Dworkin's Theory of Equality (Forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan).

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This important and timely book tackles one of the central issues in the relationship between the state and the individual: what is the proper scope of personal responsibility and how can it be supported through social arrangements? Responses to this question have widespread implications for welfare policy, criminal justice and healthcare and map one of the key fault lines in British politics. The book is essential reading for political philosophers, social policy specialists and anyone with an interest in the future of the welfare state.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction 2. What is Personal Responsibility? 3. What Do Philosophers Think? Part I 4. What Do Philosophers Think? Part II 5. What Do Politicians Think? 6. What Do Ordinary People Think? 7. Five Contemporary Issues in Focus 8. So How Do We Decide? 9. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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