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Welfare and the State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2010

Melanie Phillips
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Once upon a time, there was a consensus in this country that the welfare state was the jewel in the crown of the post-war settlement. It was a national badge of moral worth. It was held to embody certain virtues that people told themselves were the hallmark of a civilised society: altruism, equity, dignity, fellowship. It defined Britain as a co-operative exercise which bound us together into a cohesive society. Or so we told ourselves.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 45 , March 2000 , pp. 105 - 120
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 2000

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