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September 10, 2025Philosophy CompassOpen Access

The Ethics of the State Pension

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BSBenjamin SachsUniversity of St Andrews

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Implication

This article addresses ethical analyses of state pensions, focusing on sufficientarian goals and paternalistic purposes.

Key Points

  • State pensions face justificatory challenges regarding their role as part of the social safety net, highlighting ethical concerns.
  • One major issue is that state pensions provide benefits based solely on age, which is not a sufficient moral basis for entitlement.
  • The article explores how state pensions may discourage recipients from pursuing paid work, raising additional ethical questions.
  • Solutions to these challenges are discussed, based on existing literature and plausible alternatives for more effective state pension systems.

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Benjamin Sachs (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c188579b7b07f3a0612482https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.70053
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