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

Rein, Martin; Rainwater, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873324986 ISBN 13: 9780873324984

Publisher: Routledge, 1986

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.

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873324986
• ISBN 13: 9780873324984
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224