Absolute poverty and global justice : empirical data, moral theories, initiatives / edited by Elke Mack ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mack, Elke.

Series:

Law, ethics and economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty.

Poor.

Poverty--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

xxi, 279 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780754678496

0754678490

9780754696735

0754696731

OCLC:

349248336