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The right of necessity : moral cosmopolitanism and global poverty /
"Does recognition of the basic human right to subsistence imply that the needy are morally permitted to take and use other people's property to escape their plight? Should we respect the exercise of this right of necessity in a variety of scenarios - from street pickpocketing and petty the...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Rowman & Littlefield International,
2016.
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| Series: | Off the fence-- morality, politics and society.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "Does recognition of the basic human right to subsistence imply that the needy are morally permitted to take and use other people's property to escape their plight? Should we respect the exercise of this right of necessity in a variety of scenarios - from street pickpocketing and petty theft to illegal squatting and encamping? In this concise and accessible book, Alejandra Mancilla addresses these complex and controversial moral questions. The [book] presents a historical account of the concept of the right of necessity-from the medieval writings of Christian canonists and theologians to seventeenth century natural law theory. Mancilla goes on to ground this right in a minimal conception of basic human rights, and she proposes some necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for its exercise. She confronts the main objections that may be posed against this principle and ultimately concludes that the exercise of this right should be considered as a trigger to secure a minimum threshold of welfare provisions for everyone, everywhere."--Back cover |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783485871 1783485876 |