{"product_id":"the-age-of-responsibility-luck-choice-and-the-welfare-state-9780674237674","title":"The Age of Responsibility: Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eResponsibility--which once meant the moral duty to help and support others--has come to be equated with an obligation to be self-sufficient. This has guided recent reforms of the welfare state, making key entitlements conditional on good behavior. Drawing on political theory and moral philosophy, Yascha Mounk shows why this re-imagining of personal responsibility is pernicious--and suggests how it might be overcome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This important book prompts us to reconsider the role of luck and choice in debates about welfare, and to rethink our mutual responsibilities as citizens.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Michael J. Sandel, author of \u003ci\u003eJustice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A smart and engaging book... Do we so value holding people accountable that we are willing to jeopardize our own welfare for a proper comeuppance?\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An important new book...  Mounk] mounts a compelling case that political rhetoric...has shifted over the last half century toward a markedly punitive vision of social welfare.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A terrific book. The insight at its heart--that the conception of responsibility now at work in much public rhetoric and policy is both punitive and ill-conceived--is very important and should be widely heeded.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jedediah Purdy, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMounk, Yascha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Yascha Mounk is Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and a senior advisor at Protect Democracy. A frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the host of \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e's \u003ci\u003eThe Good Fight Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523695022354,"sku":"9780674237674","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16e53593-6d28-4a11-a6c0-d06874a159a9.jpg?v=1731162568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-age-of-responsibility-luck-choice-and-the-welfare-state-9780674237674","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}