Justice as Welfare: Equity and Solidarity

by Adam Gearey

Book Overview

Justice as Welfare provides an egalitarian account of distributive justice by rethinking notions of welfare. It first considers possible forms of decentered welfare to promote communal and individual autonomy rather than the bureaucratic, centralized market-oriented control. Next, it uses theoretical resources to rethink the conventional notions of solidarity that support welfare.

Drawing on recent work in continental philosophy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623565537
• ISBN13: 9781623565534
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"