{"product_id":"affluent-in-the-face-of-poverty-on-what-rich-individuals-like-us-should-do-9789085550129","title":"Affluent in the Face of Poverty: On What Rich Individuals Like Us Should Do","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this time of mass communication, rich people like us know very well the horrible conditions in which many poor people must live. In \u003ci\u003eAffluent in the Face of Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e Jos Philips wonders what we should do about poverty.\u003cbr\u003eThe book argues that if we can do great good at little cost to ourselves, we ought to do so – and perhaps we ought to do great good even if the cost to ourselves of doing so, is not small. Also, it is argued that rich individuals like us can often, at little cost to ourselves, undertake a number of concrete actions which help to fight poverty, and that we are morally obligated to undertake acts such as giving tithes, living within our ecological footprint, and frequently buying fair trade products.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJos Philips is a lecturer in ethics in the Subfaculty of Philosophy at Utrecht University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents - 6 Introduction - 12 Ch.2: Towards a Position: Consequentialism and Beyond - 28 Ch.3: Contractualist Criticisms - 68 Ch.4: Diverse Criticisms - 98 Ch.5: Recent Criticisms - 132 Ch.6: Concretization - 160 Ch.7: Conclusion - 204 Bibliography - 222 Dutch Summary - 228 About the Author - 238","brand":"Pallas Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772184985943,"sku":"9789085550129","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789085550129.jpg?v=1758730576","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/affluent-in-the-face-of-poverty-on-what-rich-individuals-like-us-should-do-9789085550129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}