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Fair care

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  • Elizabeth Brake

    (Arizona State University, USA)

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Caring relationships and material caregiving are politically significant goods that should be distributed according to principles of justice. I argue that, within Rawlsian liberalism, care should be considered a primary good and propose a third principle of justice requiring access to the social and legal supports of caring relationships. I examine what social and legal institutions supporting care might require, with particular attention to allowing the infirm elderly and persons with disabilities access to caring relationships. I propose the formation of a Care Corps, providing access to caring relationships for elderly and housebound citizens. If universally required and compensated, the Care Corps could address two other injustices related to care: the unjust distribution of caring labor between men and women and the relatively low status of caring work.

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  • Elizabeth Brake, 2017. "Fair care," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 16(2), pages 132-151, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:16:y:2017:i:2:p:132-151
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X15600831
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