Showing papers by "George Sher published in 1983"
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TL;DR: In this paper, the A.A. formule and discute deux manieres fondamentales de rendre compte des cas ou un jugement prescriptif fait au moins implicitement reference a des evenements passes.
Abstract: L'A. formule et discute deux manieres fondamentales de rendre compte des cas ou un jugement prescriptif fait au moins implicitement reference a des evenements passes: la theorie "consequentialiste" et la theorie "antecedentialiste". A quelles conditions peut-on dire que les caracteristiques d'un evenement ou d'un acte du passe determinent un sujet dans son comportement futur?.
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TL;DR: The moral implications of the distinction frequently made in public policy discussions between the 'deserving' and 'undeserving' poor, relating it particularly to claims to medical care are analyzed.
Abstract: T he idea that some poor persons "deserve" to be helped while others do not has long been influential in this country. In the nineteenth century, "paupers" were relegated to poorhouses and subjected to onerous conditions for relief, while the blind, the deaf-mute, and others were helped in much less humiliating ways. A similar distinction underlay the categories of the comprehensive Social Security Act of 1935; and its continuation has motivated various attempts to revise the welfare system by redrawing its boundaries and making work a condition of aid.1 Most recently, the distinction has resurfaced in discussions of subsidized medical care.
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