{"product_id":"the-age-of-responsibility-yascha-mounk-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yascha Mounk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674237676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674237674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Yascha Mounk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946906812671,"sku":"9780674237674","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f8982768-34a8-4f15-85fe-1facdefa0cc2.jpg?v=1681515696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-age-of-responsibility-yascha-mounk-9780674237674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}