Ethics of Global Poverty - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Scott Wisor is Assistant Professor of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI! USA. Zusammenfassung The Ethics of Global Poverty offers a thorough introduction to the ethical issues surrounding global poverty. Featuring case studies throughout, this textbook is essential reading for students studying global ethics or global poverty who want an understanding of the moral issues that arise from vast inequalities of wealth and power in a highly interconnected world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: UNDERSTANDING POVERTY What is Poverty? The Causes of Poverty The Study of Poverty Part 2: DUTIES TO ERADICATE POVERTY Duties of Humanity Duties of Justice Associative Duties Denying Duties to Eradicate Poverty Part 3: FOREIGN AID AND ITS CRITICS Aid, Critics, and Innovators Aid Allocation Part 4: INTERNATIONAL REFORM Immigration Humanitarian Intervention International Trade Part 5: APPLIED QUESTIONS Advocacy Consumption Microfinance Glossary Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Scott Wisor, Wisor Scott
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138827059
• ISBN: 978-1-138-82705-9
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: The Ethics of ...
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, Human Rights, Philosophy, Poverty & unemployment, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Human rights, civil rights, Poverty and precarity