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."
- ISBN10 6613590681
- ISBN13 9786613590688
- Publish Date 1 October 1998 (first published 1 January 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 July 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cato Institute
- Format eBook
- Pages 196
- Language English