Lichtenberg, Judith.

Distant strangers: ethics, psychology,and global poverty/ Judith Lichtenberg. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. - xii, 276 p. ; 24 cm.

1. Introduction; 2. Entanglements and the claims of mere humanity; 3. Duties and rights, charity and justice; 4. 'Negative' and 'positive' duties; 5. Oughts and cans; 6. Why people do what others do - and why that's not so bad; 7. Whose poor?/Who's poor?: Deprivation within and across borders; 8. Hopefully helping: the perils of giving; 9. Motives and morality; 10. Conclusion: morality for mere mortals.

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Poor
Rich people
Social ethics
Poverty--Moral and ethical aspects
Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects
Poverty--Prevention

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