Basic Income Reconsidered: Social Justice, Liberalism, and the Demands of Equality

By Simon Birnbaum

Book Overview

Acknowledgments * Introduction and Overview * 1. Basic Income, Liberal Egalitarianism, and the Study of Social Justice * Part One. A Society of Equals: Radical Liberalism, Self-Respect, and Basic Income * 2. Equality of Status and its Priority: A Rawlsian Case for Basic Income * 3. Are Only Contributors Entitled to Social Rights? Cooperation, Reciprocity and the Boundaries of Social Justic * Part Two. The Exploitation Objection Against Basic Income: Equality of Opportunity, Luck and Responsibility * 4. Why Unconditional Transfers Are Not Exploitative * 5. Jobs as Gifts. A Reconstruction and a Qualified Defense * Part Three. The Feasibility of Basic Income: Social Ethos, Work, and the Politics of Universalism * 6. Why Do People Work if They Don't Have To? Basic Income, Liberal Neutrality and the Work Ethos * 7. Social Justice in Practice. On the Political Implications of Radical Liberalism * References * Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349295620
• ISBN13: 9781349295623
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"