| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) |
| Contents |
1. The life-saving analogy -- 2. An argument from beneficence -- 3. Objections to aid -- 4. Saving lives -- 5. The extreme demand -- 6. Problems of demandingness -- 7. Impartiality, fairness, and beneficence -- 8. The rejection of the extreme demand -- 9. Permission -- 10. Requirement -- 11. Overview -- App. 1. Poverty and aid -- App. 2. The cost of saving a life |
| Summary |
Given that there is a forceful case for thinking that the affluent are morally required to devote a substantial proportion of what they have to helping the poor, Garrett Cullity examines, refines and defends an argument of this form. He then identifies its limits |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Rijkdom.
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Ethische aspecten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191531576 |
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019153157X |
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9780191602221 |
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0191602221 |
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