Right or Commodity

John Lapidus ()
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John Lapidus: University of Gothenburg

Chapter Chapter 14 in The Quest for a Divided Welfare State, 2019, pp 199-208 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Why not turn healthcare into a commodity like all the rest? Why are welfare services supposed to be distributed on equal terms to all citizens? This chapter discusses how welfare as a civil or human or social right is increasingly questioned, while the same advocates of a divided welfare state do not yet dare to speak out and, moreover, how they are able to avoid an honest debate because of the opponent’s ignorance of what is actually going on. The chapter examines the position that every social right, such as the right to healthcare or the right to eat, results in a restriction of individual freedom, and that no one can force anyone to pay taxes nor in any other way contribute to the common.

Keywords: Objectivism; Welfare and civil rights; Welfare and human rights; Welfare and social rights; Second bill of rights; Swedish welfare model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24784-3_14

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