1st Edition
Absolute Poverty and Global Justice Empirical Data - Moral Theories - Initiatives
Biography
Elke Mack is Professor of Christian Social Science at the Department of Christian Social Ethics, University of Erfurt, Germany. Michael Schramm is Professor at the Department of Catholic Theology and Business Ethics, University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Stephan Klasen is Professor at the Department of Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany. Thomas Pogge is a German philosopher, currently Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University, Research Director in the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature at the University of Oslo, and Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Professional Ethics at the University of Central Lancashire
'It is essential that theories of global justice are grounded in an adequate and critical assessment of global reality. This does not just refer to the reality of grave poverty and material inequality, but first and foremost to an account of social and economic relations that cause or support the status quo. This volume is exemplary in bringing normative and empirical perspectives together in order to ask what can and should be done for the sake of justice - and by whom.' Rainer Forst, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
