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The Age of Responsibility : luck, choice, and the welfare state

text The Age of Responsibility : luck, choice, and the welfare state

Summary
A novel focus on "personal responsibility" has transformed political thought and public policy in America and Europe. Since the 1970s, responsibility--which once meant the moral duty to help and support others--has come to suggest an obligation to... Read more
Contents
Introduction: The ascendance of personal responsibility -- The origins of the Age of Responsibility -- The welfare state in the Age of Responsibility -- The denial of responsibility -- Reasons to value responsibility -- A positive conception of re... Read more
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280 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher
2017

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KCL 361.6 MOUNK in Adult Non-fiction Available

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