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Citizens with benefits

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Can states permissibly enforce mandatory participation in the provision of public goods? Usual justifications of state action here appeal to the fact that such goods are very good for people. Ripstein argues that states can compel provision of public goods but that the best explanation of this is grounded not in the costs and benefits of the provision to the compelled parties but in the parties’ moral status as independent agents. I argue that Ripstein’s alternative account poses more problem...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/arisup/akac008

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Oxford college:
Worcester College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume Journal website
Volume:
96
Issue:
1
Pages:
41-58
Publication date:
2022-05-31
Acceptance date:
2020-12-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1467-8349
ISSN:
0309-7013
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1262364
Local pid:
pubs:1262364
Deposit date:
2022-06-05

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