Title: A life of one's own
First published: 1998
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."
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Public welfare, Moral and ethical aspects of Welfare state, Objectivism (Philosophy), Public welfare, Social policy, Welfare state, United states, social policy, Human rights
Places: United States
LC classification: JC479 .K45 1998