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Document Details : Title: The Emotional Boundaries of Our Solidarity Author(s): PATTYN, Bart Journal: Ethical Perspectives Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Date: July 1996 Pages: 101-108 DOI: 10.2143/EP.3.2.563040 Abstract : Much thought is being given nowadays to the ways in which society might continue to substantiate the principle of solidarity in the economic sphere. Predictable cost increases in the social security system stand at the root of a number of problems that have arisen. While those concerned look for solutions, a discussion is emerging concerning the communal scope of our solidarity. People are not only asking themselves how they are to remain in solidarity, but also with whom they should share the means at their disposal. The concomitant question 'With whom?' is not always as evident as it might seem, since the ethical scope of solidarity appears, in principle at least, to be unlimited. De facto, however, the limits of solidarity tends to coincide with those of the political community. |
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