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245 0 0 _aAbsolute poverty and global justice: empirical data, moral theories, initiatives/
_cedited by Elke Mack ... [et al.].
260 _aFarnham, England ;
_aBurlington, VT :
_bAshgate,
_cc2009.
300 _axxi, 279 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aLaw, ethics and economics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aLevels and trends in absolute poverty in the world : what we know and what we don't / Stephan Klasen -- Identifying absolute global poverty in 2005 : the measurement question / Michael Ward -- How world poverty is measured and tracked / Thomas Pogge -- Christian ethics and the challenge of absolute poverty / Clemens Sedmak -- 'De iustitia in Mundo' : global justice in the tradition of the social teaching of the Catholic Church / Gerhard Kruip -- Religions and global justice : reflections from an inter-cultural and inter-religious perspective / Johannes Müller and Michael Reder -- On the concept of global justice / Peter Koller -- Poverty and responsibility / Stefan Gosepath -- Absolute poverty and global inequality / Darrel Moellendorf -- Sufficientarianism both international and intergenerational? / Lukas Meyer -- The alleged dichotomy between positive and negative rights and duties / Elizabeth Ashford -- Complicity in harmful action : contributing to world poverty and duties of care / Barbara Bleisch -- Transnational political elites and their duties of the common good / Eike Bohlken -- World poverty and moral free-riding : the obligations of those who profit from global injustice / Norbert Anwander -- Medicines for the world : boosting innovation without obstructing free access / Thomas Pogge -- Not only 'a simple math equation' : business organisations as agents for poverty reduction / Michael Schramm and Judit Seid -- The role of corporate citizens in fighting poverty : an ordonomic approach to global justice / Ingo Pies and Stefan Hielscher -- Global justice in the context of worldwide poverty and climate change / Johannes Wallacher -- Conclusion : the paradox of poverty research : why is extreme poverty not in focus? / Else Øyen.
650 0 _aPoverty.
650 0 _aPoor.
650 0 _aPoverty
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
700 _aMack, Elke,
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