welfare state Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/welfare-state/ Professor, writer, politician Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:35:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/michaelignatieff.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Michael-Ignatieff-website-icon-512x512px.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 welfare state Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/welfare-state/ 32 32 217957751 Citizenship and Moral Narcissism https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/1989/citizenship-and-moral-narcissism/ Sun, 01 Jan 1989 09:00:00 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=1957 Putting freedom first is what liberal society has always stood for. There is nothing wrong with enterprise, initiative, personal responsibility or even the lawful pursuit of private profit. What is incoherent is believing these goals can be achieved without a citizenship of entitlement, without the shared foundation that alone Makes freedom possible for all.

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]]> 1957 Needs and justice in the ‘Wealth of Nations’: an introductory essay https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/1983/needs-and-justice-in-the-wealth-of-nations/ Tue, 01 Nov 1983 09:00:00 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=1969 "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable [...]” — Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations

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