Ethics of Assistance Morality and the Distant Needy

Name: Ethics of Assistance Morality and the Distant Needy
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ISBN: 9780521820424

ISBN-10: 0521820421

ISBN-13: 9780521820424

Edition: 2004

Authors: Deen K. Chatterjee, Douglas MacLean

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The essays in this volume present the latest beliefs of some leading contemporary moral and political philosophers on the issue of assisting the foreign poor. Topics focus around the themes of political responsibility of governments of affluent countries to relieve poverty abroad and the personal responsibility of individuals to assist the distant needy. This timely volume will interest scholars in ethics, political philosophy, political theory, international law and development economics, as well as policy makers, aid agency workers, and general readers interested in the topics.

Book details

List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/8/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 308
Size: 13.78" wide x 9.29" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Preface



Introduction




The Ethics of Distance



Outsiders: our obligation to those beyond our borders




Moral limits on the demands of beneficence




The new problem of distance in morality




Absence and the unfond heart: why people are less giving than they might be




Communities and Obligations



Moral closeness and world community




National responsibility and international justice




The Law of Peoples



Women and theories of global justice: our need for new paradigms




Human rights as foreign policy imperatives




Human rights and the law of peoples




Rights, Responsibilities and Institutional Reforms



Thickening convergence: human rights and cultural diversity




Global justice: whose obligations?




'Assisting' the global poor