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dc.title | WHAT WE OWE TO THE GLOBAL POOR: A DISCUSSION OF THOMAS POGGE'S VIEW | |
dc.contributor.author | TAN LI LING | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-30T18:00:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-06-30T18:00:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-01-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | TAN LI LING (2011-01-04). WHAT WE OWE TO THE GLOBAL POOR: A DISCUSSION OF THOMAS POGGE'S VIEW. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/23693 | |
dc.description.abstract | Giving to the global poor is widely considered supererogatory. But is this all that morality demands of us? In this thesis, I explore the extent of our moral responsibility to the global poor, as framed in terms of Thomas Pogge¿s argument. I defend Pogge¿s thesis¿that affluent individuals are morally responsible for global poverty because they have partly caused it¿against a number of important criticisms. While I show these objections to be largely unsuccessful, I suggest that they nevertheless point us to the limits of what Pogge can claim. I argue that Pogge does not succeed in establishing the strong conclusions that he draws about the extent of our moral obligations to the global poor. In concluding, I defend a more nuanced account of moral responsibility than the one Pogge offers. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | Global justice, world poverty, Thomas Pogge, moral responsibility, affluent individuals | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.department | PHILOSOPHY | |
dc.contributor.supervisor | TEN CHIN LIEW | |
dc.description.degree | Master's | |
dc.description.degreeconferred | MASTER OF ARTS | |
dc.identifier.isiut | NOT_IN_WOS | |
Appears in Collections: | Master's Theses (Open) |
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