The Ethics of Basic Income

Simon Birnbaum ()
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Simon Birnbaum: Södertörn University

Chapter Chapter 29 in The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, 2023, pp 581-596 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Many of the strongest arguments in debates on Basic Income are not primarily based on empirical evidence about its impact on widely shared objectives. Instead, they are driven by ethical convictions, reflecting conflicting views on the requirements of central values, such as humanity, utility, freedom, reciprocityreciprocity, equal opportunity, or dominationdomination. Articulating and addressing such convictions, this chapter argues that arguments on (1) poverty prevention and wellbeing, (2) fairnessfairness and pre-distributionpre-distribution, and finally (3) the preconditionspreconditions for citizens to interact as equals offer three promising and complementary routes for showing that a well-designed Basic Income scheme is indeed ethically justified.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41001-7_29

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