Absolute poverty and global justice empirical data, moral theories, initiatives
Gespeichert in:
| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
|---|---|
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Farnham, England
Ashgate
©2009
|
| Schriftenreihe: | Law, ethics and economics
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Levels and trends in absolute poverty in the world : what we know and what we don't / Stephan Klasen -- Identifying absolute global poverty in 2005 : the measurement question / Michael Ward -- How world poverty is measured and tracked / Thomas Pogge -- Christian ethics and the challenge of absolute poverty / Clemens Sedmak -- 'De iustitia in Mundo' : global justice in the tradition of the social teaching of the Catholic Church / Gerhard Kruip -- Religions and global justice : reflections from an inter-cultural and inter-religious perspective / Johannes Müller and Michael Reder -- On the concept of global justice / Peter Koller -- Poverty and responsibility / Stefan Gosepath -- Absolute poverty and global inequality / Darrel Moellendorf -- Sufficientarianism both international and intergenerational? / Lukas Meyer -- The alleged dichotomy between positive and negative rights and duties / Elizabeth Ashford -- Complicity in harmful action : contributing to world poverty and duties of care / Barbara Bleisch -- Transnational political elites and their duties of the common good / Eike Bohlken -- World poverty and moral free-riding : the obligations of those who profit from global injustice / Norbert Anwander -- Medicines for the world : boosting innovation without obstructing free access / Thomas Pogge -- Not only 'a simple math equation' : business organisations as agents for poverty reduction / Michael Schramm and Judit Seid -- The role of corporate citizens in fighting poverty : an ordonomic approach to global justice / Ingo Pies and Stefan Hielscher -- Global justice in the context of worldwide poverty and climate change / Johannes Wallacher -- Conclusion : the paradox of poverty research : why is extreme poverty not in focus? / Else Øyen It is held that absolute poverty causes approximately one third of all human deaths, some 18 million annually, and blights billions of lives with hunger and disease. This book develops universalizable norms aimed at tackling absolute poverty and the complex and multilayered problems associated with it |
|---|---|
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 279 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780754696735 0754696731 9780754678496 0754678490 |