书目名称 | Responsibility in an Interconnected World |
副标题 | International Assist |
编辑 | Susan P. Murphy |
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概述 | Examines the interplay between different types of moral obligation within the complicated, contemporary circumstances of international assistance.Uses case studies focusing on some of the most complex |
丛书名称 | Studies in Global Justice |
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描述 | .This monograph opens with an examination of the aid industry and the claims of leading practitioners that the industry is experiencing a crisis of confidence due to an absence of clear moral guidelines. The book then undertakes a critical review of the leading philosophical accounts of the duty to aid, including the narrow, instructive accounts in the writings of John Rawls and Peter Singer, and broad, disruptive accounts in the writings of Onora O’Neill and Amartya Sen. Through an elaboration of the elements of interconnection, responsible action, inclusive engagement, and accumulative duties, the comparative approach developed in the book has the potential to overcome the philosophical tensions between the accounts and provide guidance to aid practitioners, donors and recipients in the complex contemporary circumstances of assistance..Informed by real world examples, this book grapples with complex and multi-dimensional questions concerning practices and the ethics of aid. The author judiciously guides us through the debate between deontological and consequentialist moral theories to arrive at a sophisticated consequentialist account that does justice to the complexity of the pr |
出版日期 | Book 2016 |
关键词 | Action and ethical reasoning; Affluent citizens in affluent states; Conceptualisation of the duty to a |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31445-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-62644-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-31445-7Series ISSN 1871-0409 Series E-ISSN 1871-1456 |
issn_series | 1871-0409 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing AG 2016 |