Tough choices
Subtitle: structured paternalism and the landscape of choice
By: Sigal R. Ben-Porath
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780691146416
Description: This book charts a middle course between freedom-oriented anti-interventionism and equality-oriented social welfare, presenting a way to structure choices that equalize opportunities while protecting the freedom of individuals to choose among them. The author makes the case for structured paternalism, which is based on the understanding that state intervention is often inevitable, and that therefore theorists and policymakers must focus on the extent to which it can productively be applied as well as on the forms it should take in different social domains.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.