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Short-sightedness in Youth Welfare Provision: The Case of RSA in France
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Abstract This paper reconstitutes and addresses critically the deontological and consequentialist arguments given by the French government to justify the denial of the national guaranteed minimum income support (RSA) to young people under 25 years old. The deontological arguments express a concern for distri... view more
This paper reconstitutes and addresses critically the deontological and consequentialist arguments given by the French government to justify the denial of the national guaranteed minimum income support (RSA) to young people under 25 years old. The deontological arguments express a concern for distributive justice and suggest that young people do not deserve income support. The consequentialist arguments, on the other hand, emphasise social efficiency: they draw on the alleged negative outcomes that the extension of income support to young people would bring about. After analysing each argument, this paper concludes that the denial of RSA to young people is an illegitimate discrimination. It then proposes that we understand our duties towards young people through an account of prudence that reconciles both (1) concerns of distributive justice with concerns for social efficiency and (2) concerns for inter- and intragenerational justices.... view less
Keywords
France; adolescent; young adult; social security; minimum income; distributive justice; Intergenerational relations; justice
Classification
Social Security
Income Policy, Property Policy, Wage Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 22-28
Journal
Intergenerational Justice Review (2012) 1
Issue topic
The Interdependencies between Justices
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24357/igjr.6.1.462
ISSN
2190-6335
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed