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001 2009020351
003 DLC
005 20100203093955.0
008 090521s2009 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009020351
020 $a9780754678496 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a0754678490 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a9780754696735 (ebook)
020 $a0754696731 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn349248336
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBWKUK$dBWK$dDLC
050 00 $aHC79.P6$bA27 2009
082 00 $a362.5$222
245 00 $aAbsolute poverty and global justice :$bempirical 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 1 $aMack, Elke.