Public/Private Interplay in Social Protection: A Comparative Study (Comparative Public Policy Analysis Series) - Hardcover

Rein, Martin; Rainwater, Lee

 
9780873323833: Public/Private Interplay in Social Protection: A Comparative Study (Comparative Public Policy Analysis Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0873323831 ISBN 13: 9780873323833
Publisher: Routledge, 1987

Synopsis

This accessible introductory text discusses how people in a pluralistic society such as ours can accept a common social ethic - a publicly justified morality. It presents analyses of the basic concepts, including justifications of liberty, harm to others, private property rights, distributive justice, environmental harms, help to others and offensive behaviour. Gaus acquaints the reader with the major figures in social philosophy - John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume, John Rawls, David Gauthier, and Joel Feinberg - as well as recent communitarian philosophers. The basic technical aspects of social philosophy are also introduced: game theory, social choice theory, the ideas rational action, rational bargaining, and public goods. Throughout, helpful short examples and stories are used to illustrate the material.

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About the Author

Martin Rein- Professor of Urban Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US.  Lee Rainwater is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Harvard University, US.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0873323831
ISBN 13 
9780873323833
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224

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