Dear readers,

a basic income has a long-term effect on state, society and economy. How justified is such influence and what is its basis?

To substantiate such an application of basic income, we put forth a philosophical project addressing this issue. To explain the fundamentals and history of this idea, we propose a selection of theses.

We deal with a new social problem in connection with a basic income is rather often mentioned. 42, would be the answer of Douglas Adams to the question about this problem, thus saying that the answer could be anything but correct if the question was not formulated correctly and exactly.

Having identified the "new social problem", we are going to briefly describe the concept we adhere to in this matter and present the said selection of theses. Next, we will describe the history of our concept and talk about its implementation perspective.

You are welcome to examine our thoughts and draw your own conclusion about the goal we pursue. If you conclude that our arguments are correct, consider yourself invited to the discussion of this problem.


Sincerely,

Matthias Dilthey (Erlangen)
Joerg Drescher (Kyiv)