The Good Life as a Public Good (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)

According to the neutrality thesis, in designing state policies govern ments should not allow themselves to be informed by any particular con ceptions of the good life. The aim of this book is to contribute to th e debate about this thesis in two specific ways. Firstly, the limits o f acceptable state perfectionism are examined, not on a general level but by reference to some particular concerns of government policy; tra nsgenic animals, future generations, the promotion of the arts, minori ty cultures, the allocation of scarce health care resources, the integ ration of mentally handicapped people into the community, and the expr ession of national identities. Secondly, the book as a whole evaluates the argument that the government has a special task to produce or to maintain intrinsically collective aspects of the good life, because th ese are to be seen as public goods.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 6
Release date:	February 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	Govert A.Den Hartogh
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	171
Edition:	2000 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-6167-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	0-7923-6167-9
Barcode:	9780792361671

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