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Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

4-17-2024

Abstract

The question of whether to grant all citizens a basic income that would starts with adulthood is the source of much controversy today among people who believe that government should do something to address income inequality (including but not limited to addressing increasingly widespread poverty and homelessness). Philippe Van Parijs famously advocated such a policy, but his proposal was rejected by John Rawls, who demurred at subsidizing Malibu surfers with public support for their leisure and instead emphasized the need for a full employment policy. I argue that a slight modification of Rawls's theory might allow for a limited UBI in a Rawlsian "well-ordered society" where full employment is the main objective of a just economy.

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West Chester University Research & Creative Activity Day Faculty Oral Presentation

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