About this platform, Kate says: A couple years ago I was asked to speak at a forum on "The Ethics of Social Security." Recent debates in our elections process about rights and responsibilities, individual initiative and societal support, have motivated me to revisit and expand on those thoughts. What are the pros and cons of our social contract? How has the definition of that contract changed over time? What are the values, beliefs, and theories that lead to different political positions? Is there perhaps more common ground than heated rhetoric would suggest?