Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income [electronic resource] : A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No /
Widerquist, K.author.
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.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments                                  ; Prologue: The Big Casino                               ; 1 Introduction                     ; 1. Failure to Preserve Freedom                                     ; 2. Failure to Follow from Freedom                                        ; 3. A Proposed Solution                             ; 4. Alternative Solutions                               ; 5. Preview of This Work
2 Status Freedom as Effective Control Self-Ownership                                                           1. The Concept of Status Freedom and the Need for a Theory of It                                                                       ; 2. Derivation, Definition, and Discussion of ECSO Freedom                                                                ; A. Control Self-Ownership                                ; B. Effective Self-Ownership                                  ; C. Effective Control Self-Ownership
D. Independence                      E. Independence and Negative Freedom                                           ; F. Dependence and Interdependence                                        ; G. Interdependence and Independence                                          ; 3. Conclusion                    ; 3 Forty Acres and a Mule? Implications of the Duty to Respect Personal Independence                                                                                          ; 1. To Say No to What?                            ; 2. Dissent and Disadvantage
3. The Complexity of Separating Freedom and Unfreedom                                                            4. Alienation of ECSO Freedom                                    ; 5. Moral Duty and Status Freedom                                       ; 6. From Human Need to Basic Income                                         ; A. Theories of Need                          ; B. Capability in Cash, Kind, or Raw Resources
C. The Negative Freedom Argument for the Basic Income Guarantee                                                                      7. Conclusion                    ; 4 The Importance of Independence I: Framing the Issue                                                            ; 1. The Social Responsibility to Work and Its Discontents                                                               ; 2. Three Models and Three Mechanisms                                           ; A. Three Models                      ; B. Three Mechanisms
3. Modeling and Mechanizing Individual Economic Participation
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Economic policy.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Economic theory.
Welfare economics.
International economics.
Economic Policy.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.
International Economics.