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Individualism and Solidarity

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Individual choice has become the basis for the market-based social order. Along with the collective life of communities, solidarity is undermined by such coercive features as ‘sanctions’ against claimants of means-tested benefits. The UBI proposal offers the basis for an alternative, which upholds freedom but allows solidarities to flourish.

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Jordan, B. (2020). Individualism and Solidarity. In: Automation and Human Solidarity. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36959-0_3

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