Ideology and the Harms of Self-Deception: Why We Should Act to End Poverty

In thinking about global poverty, the question of moral motivation is of central importance: Why should the average person in the West feel morally compelled to do anything to help the poor? Various answers to this question have been constructed—and yet poverty persists. In this paper I will argue t...

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Main Author: Weidel, Timothy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 945-960
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCC Social ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Singer
B Poverty
B Self-deception
B Pogge
B Marx
B Aristotle
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