The human right to water : justice . . . or sham? : the legal, philosophical, and theological background of the new human right to water / Evelyne Fiechter-Widemann ; translated by Andrene Everson ; foreword by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fiechter-Widemann, Evelyne, author.

Contributor:

Biswas, Asit K., translator.

Language:

English

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Subjects (All):

Water rights.

Human rights.

Right to water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2017]

Language Note:

Translated from French to English.

Summary:

Water is a matter of life and death. Advanced technology and engineering enable humans to gain better access to it. Nonetheless, the conditions and effort required to reach this goal remain colossal in many countries. Building a lasting infrastructure for adequate treatment before and after use is costly. Therefore, the author believes that a radical change of thinkingamong people around the world, from the domestic to the large-scale users, becomes a priority. Even if the United Nations entitles all people to justice for water, more responsible and ethical use of it by all interested parties is more important than the spreading of promises, which, in practice,may turn out to be a sham. Only a better understanding that access to water rests on the efforts of everyone, without exception, will reduce overuse, waste, and pollution of the indispensable resource.This volume, while written from a theological, philosophical, and legal perspective (focusing on John Calvin, John Rawls, and Paul Ricoeur), demonstrates that water cannot be merelyunderstood as a human right, but also has to be dealt with from an economic point of view as well as under the authority of the Golden Rule.

Contents:

Foreword / Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada

The concept of "globality"

"Thinking" water in terms of its vulnerability, through case studies

"Thinking" the human relationship to water : the phenomenology of vulnerability

"Thinking" the human in need

"Thinking" human beings in terms of their dignity

Two areas of focus

A new role for civil society

Is the human right to water an ethical normativity or a legal one?

Scientific normativity for water

Economic/political and legal normativities for water

Thinking and conceptualizing mobilization for potable water

Possible bases

Creating a space for dialogue about the human right to water

A theological inquiry into natural law from ABRAHAM through the Apostle Paul and the Church Fathers to Calvin

Philosophical inquiry concerning natural law from Grotius to the human right to water via Kant and Bonhoeffer

Dentological motives for action, or "thinking" water philosophically with Immanuel Kant

Eudaemonist and anti-eudaemonist motives for action, or how to "think" water emotionally

Empirical and utilitarian motives for action, or how to "think" water for the well-being of all

Justice for the "other" human being, the one who thirsts

Does the reality affect us and make us responsible?

Responsibility : a problematic concept

Intergenerational ethics

Intragenerational ethics

What kind of justice should apply to universal access to potable water?

Solicitude and love as a means to supererogatory justice : the golden rule concept

"Thinking" water differently : theologically

General conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 27, 2017).

ISBN:

9781498294072

1498294073