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Author Aiken, William, 1947-

Title World hunger and moral obligation / edited by William Aiken, Hugh LaFollette
Published Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1977]
©1977

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Description vii, 195 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Lifeboat ethics : the case against helping the poor / Garrett Hardin -- Famine, affluence, and morality / Peter Singer -- Rights and the duty to bring aid / John Arthur -- Morality and starvation / Jan Narveson -- Moral philosophy and world hunger / William K. Frankena -- The right to be saved from starvation / William Aiken -- Give if it helps but not if it hurts / Joseph Fletcher -- Reason and morality in a world of limited food / Richard A. Watson -- The morality of wealth / Michael A. Slote -- Lifeboat earth / Onora O'Neill -- Productive justice / Howard Richards -- Vegetarianism and "The other weight problem" / James Rachels
Summary Lifeboat ethics : the case against helping the poor / Garrett Hardin -- Famine, affluence, and morality / Peter Singer -- Rights and the duty to bring aid / John Arthur -- Morality and starvation / Jan Narveson -- Moral philosophy and world hunger / William K. Frankena -- The right to be saved from starvation / William Aiken -- Give if it helps but not if it hurts / Joseph Fletcher -- Reason and morality in a world of limited food / Richard A. Watson -- The morality of wealth / Michael A. Slote -- Lifeboat earth / Onora O'Neill -- Productive justice / Howard Richards -- Vegetarianism and "The other weight problem" / James Rachels
Notes Bibliography: p. 194-195
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 194-195
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Subject Food relief -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Food relief.
Food supply.
Author Aiken, William, 1947-
LaFollette, Hugh, 1948-
LC no. 76056381
ISBN 0139679502 (paperback)
0139679685