Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No
Karl Widerquist
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Description for Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No
Hardback. Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income argues that philosophers have focused too much on scalar freedom and proposes a theory of status freedom as effective control self-ownership: the power to have or refuse active cooperation with other willing people, or simply: freedom as the power to say no. Series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income argues that philosophers have focused too much on scalar freedom and proposes a theory of status freedom as effective control self-ownership: the power to have or refuse active cooperation with other willing people, or simply: freedom as the power to say no.
Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income argues that philosophers have focused too much on scalar freedom and proposes a theory of status freedom as effective control self-ownership: the power to have or refuse active cooperation with other willing people, or simply: freedom as the power to say no.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137274724
SKU
V9781137274724
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99-15
About Karl Widerquist
Karl Widerquist is Associate Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He holds two doctorates one in Political Theory from Oxford University (2006) and one in Economics from the City University of New York (1996). He is coauthor of Economics for Social Workers , coeditor of The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee , ... Read more
Reviews for Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No
This book is many things: an exercise in political economy; a textbook on philosophy and social ethics; and a sustained argument for a Citizen's Income: and it is an excellent example of all of them . . . This is an important contribution to the literature on universal benefits, and therefore to the debate that might one day lead to ... Read more