Social paternalism and basic income
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327814 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony Fitzpatrick (0000-0003-3197-8389, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-100 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557311x546334 |
| OpenAlex | W2317156317 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article offers a philosophical discussion of paternalism. First, it establishes the relevance to basic income of the concept of ‘paternalism’. Second, it provides an overview and critique of the main philosophical schools of paternalism. Third, it argues in favour of a version of soft/weak paternalism, which is here termed ‘social paternalism’. Fourth, it reviews the main positions that advocates of various paternalisms might take towards basic income. Finally, it defends a proposal to allow a basic income stream to be ‘mortgaged’ into lumpsum capital grants. The article therefore fills an important gap in the theoretical literature pertaining to basic income
Basic income · Capital (architecture · Economics · Law and economics · Paternalism · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Relevance (law · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · History · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |