Poverty, ethics and justice /

We understand poverty a lot better these days than even two decades ago. However, despite attempts by individuals, organizations, and governments, suffering caused by poverty persists on an alarming scale throughout the world. This book shows why it is so bad for humans to live in poverty. Poverty v...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lötter, H. P. P. (Hennie P. P.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.
Series:Political philosophy now.
Subjects:
Poverty > Moral and ethical aspects.
Social justice.
Poverty > Prevention.
Pauvreté > Aspect moral.
Justice sociale.
Ethics & moral philosophy.
Poverty & unemployment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Are we one another's keepers across the globe?
  • Defining poverty as distinctively human
  • Why the inequality of poverty is morally wrong
  • Poverty violates fundamental human values
  • Poverty's impact on human environments
  • Poverty as a threat to democratic values
  • Why poverty is such a complex affair
  • Ethics for eradicating poverty
  • Justice as poverty prevention
  • Do we do this alone or together?
  • Re-imagining governance to eradicate poverty permanently
  • Compensating for impoverishing injustices of the distant past.

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