Philosophical Reflections on the Idea of a Universal Basic Income

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 91:81-102 (2022)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

A universal basic income is an unconditional allowance, sufficient to live on, paid in cash to every citizen regardless of income. It has been a Green Party policy for years. But the idea raises many interesting philosophical questions, about fairness, entitlement, desert, stigma and sanctions, the value of unpaid work, the proper ambitions of a good society, and our preconceptions about whether leisure or jobs are the thing we should prize above all for free citizens. Coming from the perspective of ancient philosophy, I consider the answers offered in the ancient world to some of these questions, and how we might learn from rethinking our notions of how to create a good society in which people can be free and realise their creative and intellectual potential.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 93,127

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-04-07

Downloads
32 (#516,416)

6 months
5 (#710,311)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Catherine Joanna Rowett
University of East Anglia

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references