The ethics of homelessness : philosophical perspectives / edited by G. John M. Abbarno.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abbarno, G. John M., editor.

Series:

Value inquiry book series ; Volume 323.

Value inquiry book series ; Volume 323

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness--Philosophy.

Homelessness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Second, revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

This new and expanded edition of G. John M. Abbarno’s anthology The Ethics of Homelessness underscores what is ignored in plain sight: people without a home or dwelling are also without privacy and dignity. It is argued that they lack moral standing. The chapters uncover the harsh realities of poverty where economic value overrides competing human values. Naomi Zack argues that homelessness is symbolic of society’s materialistic values. It has a tendency to resist sufficient charity and perpetuates conditions of injustice. Uma Narayan questions whether the homeless have protection under the U.S. Constitution. Other authors present an enlarged sphere of homeless to include runaway children, refugees, adoptees and the disabled. The book demonstrates the value of applied philosophy.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Foreword / Anthony J. Steinbock

Acknowledgements

About the Contributors

Introduction / G. John M. Abbarno

Literary Dimensions of Homelessness: Verse and Conversation

The Guardian of the Birds / Noah S. Berger

Poetic Sounds of Homeless Verse / Dennis Rohatyn

Who Was “Home” First? Literal and Metaphorical Homelessness in Sherman Alexie’s Indian Killer / Jennifer A. Joyce

Meditations on Homelessness and Being at Home: In the Form of a Dialogue / Robert Ginsberg

The Homelessness of Refugees / Robert Ginsberg

The Mirror of Homelessness: Is It Essential to Humanity?

Homelessness as Heimatlosigkeit? / Pio Colonnello

The Rights of the Homeless: An Examination of the Phenomenology of Place / Patricia Anne Murphy

Home Is Where the Heart Is: Homelessness and the Denial of Moral Personality / David E. Schrader

Homelessness, Virtue Theory, and the Creation of Community / Keith Burkum

Internal and External Homelessness in Children

Community, Ethics, and Homelessness / Michael Parker

Psychic Homelessness in Adoptees / René A.C. Hoksbergen

No Home, No Citizenship: Moral and Political Dimensions

Homelessness, Philosophy, and Public Policy / Naomi Zack

The Homeless and the Right to “Public Dwelling” / Anita M. Superson

No Shelter Even in the Constitution? Free Speech, Equal Protection, and the Homeless / Uma Narayan

Social Policies, Principles, and Homelessness / Natalie Dandekar

Failed Rights: The Moral Plight of the Mentally Ill Homeless / G. John M. Abbarno

Homelessness, the Right to Privacy, and the Obligation to Provide a Home / Shyli Karin-Frank

To Have a Home: What Difference Does It Make to Be Home?

The Homeless Hannah Arendt / Joseph Betz

Talking about Those Home Improvement Blues / Ron Scapp

Social Institutions and Homelessness

Intended and Unintended Successes / Andrew F. Smith

Homeless Men and Their Interactions with Law Enforcement / Amy M. Donley, Jacquelyn Fernandez-Reiss and Katharine Morales

ub heals Street Medicine: A Model of Care and Connection / Kim S. Griswold, Mohammad Hubeishy and Katelyn Benson

Marginalized Lives

Homelessness, Disability, and Oppression / Julie E. Maybee

The Coloniality of Homelessness / Kevin Scott Jobe

Homelessness and Vulnerability

Ethics, Homelessness and the Artes Liberales/Artes Serviles Distinction / Rashad Rehman

Removing the Condition of Homelessness / Mohamad Al-Hakim

Back Matter

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004420366

90-04-42036-3

OCLC:

1138029949

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004420366 DOI