Targeted Poverty Alleviation and Justice
Poverty generally means a lack of material wealth, but this lack is often regarded as an evil, a symptom to be treated; thus, in the actual context, poverty reduction at all costs becomes a recognized good. Nevertheless, poverty may cause "evil", but poverty itself does not mean evil. If m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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David Publishing Company
2022
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| In: |
Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 5, Pages: 226-235 |
| Further subjects: | B
Justice
B Poverty B Yan Hui B Freedom |
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| Summary: | Poverty generally means a lack of material wealth, but this lack is often regarded as an evil, a symptom to be treated; thus, in the actual context, poverty reduction at all costs becomes a recognized good. Nevertheless, poverty may cause "evil", but poverty itself does not mean evil. If multiple moral evaluations of poverty are eliminated, the impoverished individuals, especially those preferring to a lifestyle of rejection of material comforts can be looked at from a position of value-neutrality. In this way, poverty neither means evil nor deprivation of capabilities. Consequently, the ethical basis of the strategy, "Targeted Poverty Alleviation" should not be based on the moral judgment that "poverty is evil" or the ethical narrative that "poverty may lead to evil", but rather "social justice" in this sense. Here I present an account that, "poverty" may take many forms in reality and "Targeted Poverty Alleviation" should have its restraint or limitations; meanwhile, defending the freedom and dignity of those who lack wealth is a more fundamental form of justice than reducing poverty. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-2177 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2022.05.002 |