Responsibility and Legitimacy in Conditional Cash Transfers
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the normative foundations of conditional cash
transfers, a kind of poverty relief policy which has been massively implemented
during recent years in Latin America. I intend to show that the conditional
cash transfer’s typical justification is illegitimate for a democratic political
community. After reviewing the reasons why the burden of proof falls
on unconditional transfers, I argue that the typical justification appeals to a
controversial conception of individual responsibility that crystallizes unequal
interpersonal relations and is based on a shaky empirical diagnosis.
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