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Free Time (Paperback)
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Free Time (Paperback)
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Recent debates about inequality have focused almost exclusively on
the distribution of wealth and disparities in income, but little
notice has been paid to the distribution of free time. Free time is
commonly assumed to be a matter of personal preference, a good that
one chooses to have more or less of. Even if there is unequal
access to free time, the cause and solution are presumed to lie
with the resources of income and wealth. In Free Time, Julie Rose
argues that these views are fundamentally mistaken. First, Rose
contends that free time is a resource, like money, that one needs
in order to pursue chosen ends. Further, realizing a just
distribution of income and wealth is not sufficient to ensure a
fair distribution of free time. Because of this, anyone concerned
with distributive justice must attend to the distribution of free
time. On the basis of widely held liberal principles, Rose explains
why citizens are entitled to free time-time not committed to
meeting life's necessities and instead available for chosen
pursuits. The novel argument that the just society must guarantee
all citizens their fair share of free time provides principled
grounds to address critical policy choices, including work hours
regulations, Sunday closing laws, public support for caregiving,
and the pursuit of economic growth. Delving into an original topic
that touches everyone, Free Time demonstrates why all citizens
have, in the words of early labor reformers, a right to "hours for
what we will."
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