A Kantian foundation for welfare rights

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23199596
AutoresAlice Pinheiro Walla (University of Bayreuth, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume11
Fascículo1
Páginas76-91
Data de publicação2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJurisprudence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2040-3313 • E-ISSN: 2040-3321
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/20403313.2019.1700700
OpenAlexW2996715260
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

In this article, I offer a foundation for the prima facie idea of a right to welfare based on a neglected aspect of Kant’s legal theory: his account of equity rights (aequitas, Billigkeit). I argue that these rights are not the same as the ‘moral rights’ of current literature, and that they arise as a consequence of systemic injustice. The contribution of this article is twofold: firstly, it provides an analysis and application of Kant’s underanalysed and little understood discussion of equity; secondly, it offers an alternative to contemporary accounts of welfare rights as moral rights which can better account for their juridical nature as rights.

Economics · Equity (law) · Foundation (evidence) · Injustice · Intellectual property · Law and economics · Moral rights · Political science · Prima facie · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare rights · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics