Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / Gillian Brock -- Necessity and desire / Harry G. Frankfurt -- What is the force of the claim that one needs something? / David Wiggins -- The concept of needs, with a heartwarming offer of aid to utilitarianism / David Braybrooke -- Vulnerabilities and responsibilities: an ethical defense of the welfare state / Robert E. Goodin -- Rights, obligations, and needs / Onora O'Neill -- Equality, justice, and the basic needs / David Copp -- Aristotelian social democracy / Martha Nussbaum -- A theory of human need / Len Doyal -- Is redistribution to help the needy unjust? / Gillian Brock -- From liberty to universal welfare / James P. Sterba -- Responsibility for needs / John Baker and Charles Jones
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As the distinguished contributors to this volume evaluate the moral force of needs they approach questions of obligation and moral interest from a variety of different theoretical perspectives including contractarian, rights-based, and Kantian