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Philp, Mark (2016) Justice, realism and family care for the aged. Social Philosophy and Policy, 33 (1-2). pp. 413-433. doi:10.1017/S0265052516000200 ISSN 0265-0525.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052516000200

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Abstract

Starting with a particular case of familial care for the aging, the discussion points to the difficulties in deriving practical judgments from ideal theory in cases where there seems to be injustice, but where there are multiple competing dimensions of value and cost. The essay argues that the problems discussed are deeply embedded in modern western cultures, where life expectancy has risen dramatically and has been coupled with a range of other social and demographic changes that make familial care for the aged difficult and burdensome, and where our thinking about justice and rights are integral to the conflicted ways in which people construct and experience these situations, rather than standing independently as a solution to them. The essay argues for a set of partial, limited, and “realist” responses that reduce some elements of burden, without pretending to provide a solution that is in any sense ideal or wholly just. The argument from a case is integral to the essay’s case for realism in moral and political philosophy.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Aging parents -- Care, Older people -- Care., Caregivers -- Services for
Journal or Publication Title: Social Philosophy and Policy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0265-0525
Official Date: October 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
October 2016Published
7 December 2016Available
12 May 2016Accepted
Volume: 33
Number: 1-2
Page Range: pp. 413-433
DOI: 10.1017/S0265052516000200
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 23 March 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 25 April 2017
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