Problem
Individualistic welfare responsibility
Nature:
The social story that everyone is self-sufficient results in the belief that a person should not have to care for anyone else. As a result care structures are designed to avoid direct personal responsibility for another's welfare. In general the ideal of such welfare structures is to develop people's self-sufficiency so that they are no longer a burden on others. Also people can and do avoid involvement with their extended family, their metropolitan area and the world as a whole. Broader Problems:
Unshared mutual responsibility Related Problems:
Compassion fatigue Aggravates:
Lack of human unityUnbridled individualismRestrictive social policiesDecline of the extended familyInadequate social welfare servicesInsensitivity to the plight of disadvantaged people Subject(s):
Social Activity → WelfareIndividuation → Individuation
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
18.02.1997 – 00:00 CET