The Ethics of Assistance
Subtitle: Morality and the Distant Needy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521820424
Subjects: Development economics; Ethics & moral philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Philosophy; Economic assistance; Political; Business Ethics; Philosophy / Political; Developing countries; General; Basic needs; Moral and ethical aspects; Poverty
First sentence: This collection of chapters seeks to describe our duties to help those who are in need but who are strangers to us due to distance - physical or otherwise.