Citizenship and Social Rights - Defence arguments
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Arguments in defence of social rights
- Political citizens must be economically independent
- socio-economic security
- no extreme inequality
- redistribution risks and income (and wealth?)
- Once introduced some social rights become part of property rights and become inalienable (--> rule of law: people expect those rights to continue to exist in the longer run)
- People are more prepared to take risks when they can fall back on a system of social security
Friedrich Hayek's criticism of social rights
- Social rights are fundamentally different compared to civil or political rights
- Positive rights (capacity (not allowed but given the resources) to do something (social rights))
- Negative rights (freedom to do something and obligation to allow others do what they want to do (civic and political rights). --> based on distinction between positive and negative freedom Isaiah Berlin.
The Perverse Effects of granting social rights !
*Donald Moon: self-respect.
*Charles Murray: decline family/male bread winner model.
*Charles Murray: decline family/male bread winner model.
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