The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work Book

	Preface
Ch. 1	Political Philosophy	1
	Philosophical Underpinnings	2
	The Emergence of the Welfare State	9
	Ideological Conceptions of the Welfare State	14
	The Limits of Government Intervention	19
	Public- And Private-Sector Responsibility	21
	Distributive Justice	25
	Welfare and Rights	30
	In Pursuit of the Common Good and the Public Interest	34
Ch. 2	Moral Philosophy	39
	The Nature of Ethics	42
	The Authoritative Question	46
	The Distributive Question	49
	The Substantive Question	65
	The Duty to Aid	74
	The Relevance of Ethics	76
	Ethics and Virtue	80
Ch. 3	Logic	83
	The Rudiments of Logic	85
	More on Deduction	88
	Valid Arguments in Social Work	91
	The Relevance of Syllogisms	92
	Logical Fallacies in Social Work	98
	Logic and Language	111
	The Role of Definitions	114
	Logic and Practice	118
Ch. 4	Epistemology	119
	The Nature of the Debate	120
	The Philosophical Context	122
	The Emergence of Empiricism	125
	Social Work and Positivism	127
	The Relevance of Positivism	135
	Toward a Model of Knowledge	144
Ch. 5	Aesthetics	155
	The Nature of Aesthetics	159
	Aesthetics: Conceptual Frameworks	163
	Criticism and Evaluation in Social Work	168
	The Social Worker as Artist	182
	Social Work as Art and Science	189
	Afterword: The Place of Philosophy in Social Work	195
	References	201
	Index	215