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CASE REPORT
The poor’s responsibility philosophy or poor philosophy of responsibility
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Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Gorzowie Wlkp.
Publication date: 2020-06-05
Problemy Polityki Społecznej 2006;9:69-80
ABSTRACT
The essay considers a dilemma: is a philosophy insisting on responsibility of the poor
connected with social progress or it is “poor philosophy” which is a manifestation of crisis and
regression of welfare state. Author draw on essential thought of Professor Jan Danecki work:
need of humanize material progress with assistance of social policy activities.
Author on the basis of critical discourse analysis pertain to social welfare policy formulates
eight thesises which recognizes as destitution manifestations of “the poor’s responsibility
philosophy”. The philosophy apparently heads for elimination “dependency culture” but really
is bound for deepen dependence of the poor on state’s and a private gift. The philosophy
divides society into two parts: “the included” with negative freedom and “the excluded” and
dependent on the gift. So the latter may get into society only as stigmatized persons under
severe control of administration. Thus the philosophy affirms a social order with assistance
of “the stigmatized”. The philisophy simultaneously supports a economic market and glorify
a organic community leaned on reciprocity and beneficence norms. So The one wants unravel
issues with assistance of the same measures which creates the problems. “The poor philosophy”
changes the crux of “social gift” from unconditional right to property and use a part of social
product to conditional, devoid of the property use of the product. The philosophy demands
a personal responsibility from the poor but in first stage it rule outs a personal liberty and
autonomy so really it precludes the responsibility.
“The irresponsible poor” are really needed for afirmation and legitimization of the social
order in which emerges “the end of work” phenomenon. According to author the poor
want complay with reciprocity norms and “the irresponsible poor” are “Poor Philosophy of
Responsibility” construction.
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