The ethics of welfare : human rights, dependency, and responsibility /

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Present day policy makers endorse the cause of human rights, yet they tell us we can have no rights without responsibility and that dependency is irresponsible. This text offers a critique of this paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the future of social welfare.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Dean, Hartley, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public welfare > Great Britain.
Public welfare > Moral and ethical aspects.
Social Welfare & Social Work > General.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Aide sociale > Grande-Bretagne.
Aide sociale > Aspect moral.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Public welfare
Public welfare > Moral and ethical aspects
Social policy
Great Britain > Social policy.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale.
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • THE ETHICS OF WELFARE; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1. Human rights and welfare rights: contextualising dependency and responsibility; 2. Dependency, justice and the ethic of care; 3. Responsibility and welfare: in search of moral sensibility; 4. Popular discourses of dependency, responsibility and rights; 5. Fostering a human rights discourse in the provision of social care for adults; 6. Administering rights for dependent subjects; 7. Agency, 'dependency' and welfare: beyond issues of claim and contribution?

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