Are Government Aid and Private Charity Morally on a Par?

Nigel Dower

Chapter 5 in Conflict and Change in the 1990s, 1993, pp 63-79 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Many people who have not thought systematically about the question of foreign aid would probably agree with the view that the governments of richer countries ought, like rich individuals, to give aid to poor countries for reasons of humanity, kindness and the like. At the same time, or rather in other conversations, the same people might very well also subscribe to the view that governments ought to do what their electorates want them to do, or to the view that governments ought to look after the national interest especially in their foreign policy (and whatever they do that may benefit other countries should be consistent with this), or to the view that governments ought to stick to international agreements and abide by international law.

Keywords: Foreign Policy; International Relation; National Interest; Moral Norm; Donor Country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12728-3_5

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