A life of one's own
Subtitle: individual rights and the welfare state
By: David Kelley.
Publisher: Cato Institute; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; [Lanham, Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Welfare state -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Public welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Objectivism (Philosophy); United States -- Social policy.
Description: David Kelley subjects the institutions of the contemporary welfare state to sustained and withering criticism. A Life of One's Own is a devastating refutation of the flawed concept of "welfare rights." Kelley presents empirical evidence of the welfare state's effects on behavior, historical research on the origins of the welfare state (and on what it displaced), and philosophical clarification of such core ideas as freedom and rights.

After a careful examination of the various arguments made on behalf of welfare rights, Kelley concludes that "the concept of welfare rights is invalid."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-167) and index.