Affluent in the Face of Poverty
Title
Affluent in the Face of Poverty
Subtitle
On What Rich Individuals Like Us Should Do
Price
€ 47,95 excl. VAT
ISBN
9789085550129
Format
Paperback
Number of pages
238
Language
English
Publication date
Dimensions
15.6 x 23.4 cm
Table of Contents
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Contents - 6 Introduction - 12 Ch.2: Towards a Position: Consequentialism and Beyond - 28 Ch.3: Contractualist Criticisms - 68 Ch.4: Diverse Criticisms - 98 Ch.5: Recent Criticisms - 132 Ch.6: Concretization - 160 Ch.7: Conclusion - 204 Bibliography - 222 Dutch Summary - 228 About the Author - 238

Jos Philips

Affluent in the Face of Poverty

On What Rich Individuals Like Us Should Do

In this time of mass communication, rich people like us know very well the horrible conditions in which many poor people must live. In Affluent in the Face of Poverty Jos Philips wonders what we should do about poverty.
The book argues that if we can do great good at little cost to ourselves, we ought to do so – and perhaps we ought to do great good even if the cost to ourselves of doing so, is not small. Also, it is argued that rich individuals like us can often, at little cost to ourselves, undertake a number of concrete actions which help to fight poverty, and that we are morally obligated to undertake acts such as giving tithes, living within our ecological footprint, and frequently buying fair trade products.

Jos Philips is a lecturer in ethics in the Subfaculty of Philosophy at Utrecht University.
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Jos Philips

Jos Philips is a lecturer in ethics in the Subfaculty of Philosophy at Utrecht University.
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