The Good Life as a Public Good (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000)

According to the neutrality thesis, in designing state policies governments should not allow themselves to be informed by any particular conceptions of the good life. The aim of this book is to contribute to the debate about this thesis in two specific ways. Firstly, the limits of acceptable state perfectionism are examined, not on a general level but by reference to some particular concerns of government policy; transgenic animals, future generations, the promotion of the arts, minority cultures, the allocation of scarce health care resources, the integration of mentally handicapped people into the community, and the expression 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 these are to be seen as public goods.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 6
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2000
Editors:	Govert A.Den Hartogh
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	171
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-5397-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	90-481-5397-2
Barcode:	9789048153978

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