Distant strangers: ethics, psychology,and global poverty/ Judith Lichtenberg.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: xii, 276 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521763318Subject(s): Poor | Rich people | Social ethics | Poverty--Moral and ethical aspects | Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects | Poverty--PreventionDDC classification: 174.93625
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Entanglements and the claims of mere humanity; 3. Duties and rights, charity and justice; 4. 'Negative' and 'positive' duties; 5. Oughts and cans; 6. Why people do what others do - and why that's not so bad; 7. Whose poor?/Who's poor?: Deprivation within and across borders; 8. Hopefully helping: the perils of giving; 9. Motives and morality; 10. Conclusion: morality for mere mortals.
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1. Introduction; 2. Entanglements and the claims of mere humanity; 3. Duties and rights, charity and justice; 4. 'Negative' and 'positive' duties; 5. Oughts and cans; 6. Why people do what others do - and why that's not so bad; 7. Whose poor?/Who's poor?: Deprivation within and across borders; 8. Hopefully helping: the perils of giving; 9. Motives and morality; 10. Conclusion: morality for mere mortals.
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