The cost of rights : why liberty depends on taxes / Stephen Holmes and Cass R. Sunstein.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Edition: First editionDescription: 255 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0393046702
- 9780393046700
- 323.0973
- JC599.U5 H55 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Common Sense about Rights -- Pt. I. Why a Penniless State Cannot Protect Rights -- Ch. 1. All Rights Are Positive -- Ch. 2. The Necessity of Government Performance -- Ch. 3. No Property without Taxation -- Ch. 4. Watchdogs Must Be Paid -- Pt. II. Why Rights Cannot Be Absolutes -- Ch. 5. How Scarcity Affects Liberty -- Ch. 6. How Rights Differ from Interests -- Ch. 7. Enforcing Rights Means Distributing Resources -- Ch. 8. Why Tradeoffs Are Inescapable -- Pt. III. Why Rights Entail Responsibilities -- Ch. 9. Have Rights Gone Too Far? -- Ch. 10. The Unselfishness of Rights -- Ch. 11. Rights as a Response to Moral Breakdown -- Pt. IV. Understanding Rights as Bargains -- Ch. 12. How Religious Liberty Promotes Stability -- Ch. 13. Rightsholders as Stakeholders -- Ch. 14. Welfare Rights and the Politics of Inclusion -- Conclusion: The Public Character of Private Freedoms -- App. Some Numbers on Rights and Their Costs -- Notes -- Index.
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