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The Ethics of Global Poverty: An introduction book cover

1st Edition

The Ethics of Global Poverty An introduction

By Scott Wisor Copyright 2017
212 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Ethics of Global Poverty offers a thorough introduction to the ethical issues surrounding global poverty. It addresses important questions such as: What is poverty and how is it measured? What are the causes of poverty? Do wealthy individuals have a moral duty to reduce global poverty? Should aid go to those who are most in need, or to those who are easiest to... Read more

Acknowledgements

  1. Introduction

    2. Part 1: UNDERSTANDING POVERTY

  2. What is Poverty?

  3. The Causes of Poverty

  4. The Study of Poverty

    5. Part 2: DUTIES TO ERADICATE POVERTY

  5. Duties of Humanity

  6. Duties of Justice

  7. Associative Duties

  8. Denying Duties to Eradicate Poverty

    9. Part 3: FOREIGN AID AND ITS CRITICS

  9. Aid, Critics, and Innovators

  10. Aid Allocation

    11. Part 4: INTERNATIONAL REFORM

  11. Immigration

  12. Humanitarian Intervention

  13. International Trade

    14. Part 5: APPLIED QUESTIONS

  14. Advocacy

  15. Consumption

  16. Microfinance

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Scott Wisor is Assistant Professor of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI, USA.

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