Do We Have an Obligation to Assist the Distant Needy?

S. Subramanian ()
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Chapter Chapter 19 in Inequality and Poverty, 2019, pp 69-71 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract What might be an ethical approach to considering questions on what obligations, if any, we might have towards alleviating the deprivation of those in poverty? Some have argued that we have no obligations in this matter; others, that we have a positive duty to assist the needy, and yet others that such a duty is enjoined on us whenever we have violated the negative duty of not visiting harm on others. These questions are addressed and elaborated on this chapter.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8185-0_19

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