Insurance, Equality and the Welfare State: Political Philosophy and (of) Public Insurance

摘要: Public insurance is both everywhere and nowhere. It in the sense that it omnipresent industrialised societies: public health insurance, unemployment benefits pensions. a sizeable part of modern nations’ budget (for many nations like United States France about half it). has permeated our understanding societal institutions to extent now access coverage understood as being struggle for equality equal citizenship (Stone 1999–2000). only one aspect broader phenomenon: transformation societies into societies, i.e. are orientated toward risk-management (Beck 1992; Ericson Doyle 2003). Nevertheless, at core welfare state system. Paul Krugman once said ‘an company with an army’ while David Moss (2002) argues government ultimate risk manager (e.g. money emission, banking system, workers protection, disaster relief, so forth). At same time, almost nowhere political philosophy normative theory (although exceptions include Anderson, Forthcoming; Baker 2009; Dworkin 2002; Ewald 1996; Heath 2011; Lehtonen Jyri 2011). Hence, attracted little overall interest from philosophers, especially when compared redistribution, theories justice. The present special issue Res Publica entitled Insurance, Equality Welfare State addresses this lack. contribution emerging field might