TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lötter,H.P.P.
TI  - Poverty, ethics and justice
T2  - Political philosophy now
SN  - 9780708324363
AV  - HC79.P6 L68 2011eb
U1  - 339.46 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cardiff
PB  - University of Wales Press
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Social justice
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Pauvreté
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - Justice sociale
KW  - Ethics & moral philosophy
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Poverty & unemployment
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Economics
KW  - Macroeconomics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Economic Conditions
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Social Policy
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305) and index; Are we one another's keepers across the globe? -- Defining poverty as distinctively human -- Why the inequality of poverty is morally wrong -- Poverty violates fundamental human values -- Poverty's impact on human environments -- Poverty as a threat to democratic values -- Why poverty is such a complex affair -- Ethics for eradicating poverty -- Justice as poverty prevention -- Do we do this alone or together? -- Re-imagining governance to eradicate poverty permanently -- Compensating for impoverishing injustices of the distant past
N2  - We understand poverty a lot better these days than even two decades ago. However, despite attempts by individuals, organizations, and governments, suffering caused by poverty persists on an alarming scale throughout the world. This book shows why it is so bad for humans to live in poverty. Poverty violates people's dignity and has lots of harmful consequences. The author presents ethical values to guide us to humanely and effectively help people trapped by poverty. The book gives reasons to motivate everyone to become involved in the struggle to eradicate poverty from the lives of people every
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=412149
ER  -