The Ethics of Assistance
Subtitle: Morality and the Distant Needy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521527422
Subjects: Development economics; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Political; Philosophy; Poverty; Philosophy / Political; Economic assistance; Basic needs; Developing countries; Moral and ethical aspects
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.