Helen Taylor is a lecturer in housing studies at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. She is Communications Officer for the Housing Studies Association, as well as a board member for housing sector organisations Newport City Homes and Cymorth Cymru, and sector publication Welsh Housing Quarterly.

• Chapter 1 – Housing Studies, Philosophy, and PolicyThe epistemological foundations of housing studiesThe relationship between philosophy and policyApplied philosophyPolicy: homelessness and housing firstChapter 2 – The Role of the Reasonable in Public JustificationIntroductionThe two moral powersThe use of reasonableness as a regulatory mechanismA political conception of justiceThe liberal principle of legitimacyApplying reasonableness to social policy: The ‘Bedroom Tax’Chapter 3 – A Rawlsian Account of JusticeJustice as fairnessThe difference principleApplying the difference principleJustifying the use of the difference principleReflective equilibriumExtending the concept of reflective equilibriumChapter 4 – Primary Goods: An Appropriate Metric?Criticisms of primary goodsAlternative metricsRevising primary goodsChapter 5 – Self-Command and Basic JusticeSelf-respect as a primary goodSelf-command and social freedomThe revised metricChapter 6 – Applying Philosophy to HousingThe modified testApplication to policyConclusionBibliography