Misfortune, welfare reform, and right‐wing egalitarianism

Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 13 (1-2):141-163 (1999)
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Abstract

A close look at the rhetoric in America's recent welfare‐reform debate has both surprising and important implications for political philosophy. Political philosophers typically presume that opponents of redistribution are motivated by considerations other than equality. Recent arguments for welfare reform, however, have been formulated in a manner consistent with most contemporary egalitarian theories. This result should make us question either the political relevance of egalitarian ideals or the adequacy of those theories of equality.

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