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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      April 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511817663
      9780521820424
      9780521527422
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511817663
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 308 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.465kg, 308 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy
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    Subjects:
    Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy
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    As globalization has deepened worldwide economic integration, moral and political philosophers have become increasingly concerned to assess duties to help needy people in foreign countries. The essays in this volume present ideas on this important topic by authors who are leading figures in these debates. At issue are both the political responsibility of governments of affluent countries to relieve poverty abroad and the personal responsibility of individuals to assist the distant needy. The wide-ranging arguments shed light on global distributive justice, human rights and their implementation, the varieties of community and the obligations they generate, and the moral relevance of distance. This provocative volume will interest scholars in ethics, political philosophy, political theory, international law and development economics, as well as policy makers, aid agencies, and general readers interested in the moral dimensions of poverty and affluence.

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    '… contributions by many of the most important authors currently writing on the topics it covers …'

    Source: Ethical Perspectives

    'This is a useful collection of thirteen original essays by accomplished philosophers on a subject of great importance: the problem of international ethical duties, especially the duties of people in well-off countries to improve the well-being of people in poor nations.'

    Source: Journal of Utilitas

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