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The problem of poverty is global in scope and has devastating
consequences for many essential aspects of life: health, education,
political participation, autonomy, and psychological well-being.
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty presents the
current state of philosophical research on poverty in its breadth
and depth. It features 39 chapters divided into five thematic
sections: Concepts, theories and philosophical aspects of poverty
research Poverty in the history of Western philosophy and
philosophical traditions Poverty in non-Western philosophical
thought Key ethical concepts and poverty Social and political
issues The handbook not only addresses questions concerning
individual, collective, or institutional responsibility towards
people in extreme poverty and the moral wrong of poverty, but it
also tackles emerging applied issues that are connected to poverty
such as gender, race, education, migration, and climate change.
Additionally, it features perspectives on poverty from the history
of Western philosophy, as well as non-Western views that explore
issues unique to the Global South. Finally, the first section of
essays provides an overview of the most important aspects of social
science poverty research, which serves as an excellent resource for
philosophers and philosophy students unfamiliar with how poverty is
empirically researched in practice. The Routledge Handbook of
Philosophy and Poverty is an essential resource for students and
researchers in philosophy, political science, sociology,
development studies, and public policy who are working on poverty.
This book explores the relationship between different versions of
liberalism and toleration by focusing on their shared theoretical
and political challenges. Toleration is among the most pivotal and
the most contested liberal values and virtues. Debates about the
conceptual scope, justification, and political role of toleration
are closely aligned with historical and contemporary philosophical
controversies on the foundations of liberalism. The essays in this
volume focus on the specific connection between toleration and
liberalism. The essays in Part I reconstruct some of the major
historical controversies surrounding toleration and liberalism.
Part II centers on general conceptual and justificatory questions
concerning toleration as a central category for the definition of
liberal political theory. Part III is devoted to the theoretical
analysis of applied issues and cases of conflicts of toleration in
liberal states and societies. Toleration and the Challenges to
Liberalism will be of interest to researchers and advanced students
in social and political philosophy, ethics, and political theory.
This book explores the relationship between different versions of
liberalism and toleration by focusing on their shared theoretical
and political challenges. Toleration is among the most pivotal and
the most contested liberal values and virtues. Debates about the
conceptual scope, justification, and political role of toleration
are closely aligned with historical and contemporary philosophical
controversies on the foundations of liberalism. The essays in this
volume focus on the specific connection between toleration and
liberalism. The essays in Part I reconstruct some of the major
historical controversies surrounding toleration and liberalism.
Part II centers on general conceptual and justificatory questions
concerning toleration as a central category for the definition of
liberal political theory. Part III is devoted to the theoretical
analysis of applied issues and cases of conflicts of toleration in
liberal states and societies. Toleration and the Challenges to
Liberalism will be of interest to researchers and advanced students
in social and political philosophy, ethics, and political theory.
Dieses Buch versammelt Essays zur Philosophie der Kindheit. Worin
besteht eine gerechte Gesellschaft für Kinder? Sind Kinder
besonders verletzbar? Was schulden wir minderjährigen
Flüchtlingen oder Kindern in Armut? Was ist eine gute Jugend? Die
Essays in diesem Buch stellen und beantworten diese Fragen aus
Sicht einer Ethik der Kindheit.
This book directly addresses the social and economic consequences
of the COVID-19 pandemic. It does so by focusing on both the
immediate effects during the pandemic and the lockdowns, as well as
the issues related to the long-term social consequences that are
likely to result from the economic crisis in the coming years. To
date, most philosophical essays and books have focused on the
health aspects of the pandemic, and in particular on the fields of
medical ethics and public health ethics. Containing a truly
international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, a unique and
global perspective is offered on the rarely discussed social and
economic consequences of the pandemic. This book is of great
interest to academic philosophers, but also to researchers from the
social sciences.Â
Digitalisierung ist eine Schlüsseltechnologie im 21. Jahrhundert
und prägt heute das private Leben und den Alltag durch Internet,
Laptop, Smartphone, KI oder Soziale Medien. Das gilt insbesondere
auch für zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen – zum Beispiel in
Familie, Beruf, Freundschaft, Liebe, Therapie. Solche Beziehungen
sind für Menschen von großer Bedeutung, sie sind wichtig für die
psychische und physische Gesundheit, für Erfahrungen der
Anerkennung und für ein gutes Leben – dahinter steht die
anthropologische These des Menschen als animal sociale. Die
Veränderung von Beziehungen – und zwar nicht nur ihrer Form,
sondern auch ihres Inhalts und ihrer Wertigkeit – durch die
Digitalisierung bedarf daher der eingehenden ethischen und
interdisziplinären Reflexion. In diesem Band werden ausgewählte
Beziehungsformen unter den Bedingungen der Digitalisierung aus
unterschiedlichen disziplinären Perspektiven reflektiert, um
Chancen, Potentiale, aber auch Risiken und Herausforderungen
sichtbar zu machen.
Engaging systematically with severe forms of poverty in Europe,
this important book stimulates academic, public and policy debate
by shedding light on aspects of deprivation and exclusion of people
in absolute poverty in affluent societies. It examines issues such
as access to health care, housing and nutrition, poverty related
shame, and violence. The book investigates different policy and
civic responses to extreme poverty, ranging from food donations to
penalisation and "social cleansing" of highly visible poor and how
it is related to concerns of ethics, justice and human dignity.
This book brings together philosophical, social-theoretical and
empirically oriented contributions on the philosophical and
socio-theoretical debate on migration and integration, using the
instruments of recognition as a normative and social-scientific
category. Furthermore, the theoretical and practical implications
of recognition theory are reflected through the case of migration.
Migration movements, refugees and the associated tensions are
phenomena that have become the focus of scientific, political and
public debate in recent years. Migrants, in particular refugees,
face many injustices and are especially vulnerable, but the
right-wing political discourse presents them as threats to social
order and stability. This book shows what a critical theory of
recognition can contribute to the debate. The book is suitable for
researchers in philosophy, social theory and migration research. "A
profound examination of how states and societies struggle to
recognize migrants as fellow human beings in all their fullness.
The contributions are exceptional for combining astute philosophy
and social theory with a discussion of actual politics and real
lives." Dr. Hugo Slim (Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik
School of Government, University of Oxford and formerly Head of
Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross) "This
impressive and timely volume offers an innovative way of
understanding the issues of migration and integration by using a
critical theory of recognition. Recognition theory has rich
potential for effectively responding to the issues of autonomy,
identity, integration, and empowerment that are at the core of the
current public debates on mass migration, displacement, and the
refugee crisis. By examining the normative and policy implications
of recognition as they apply to migration, the book offers a
pathbreaking look at the human dimension of the debate." Dr. Helle
Porsdam (Professor of Law and Humanities and UNESCO Chair in
Cultural Rights University of Copenhagen)
This book brings together philosophical approaches to explore the
relation of recognition and poverty. This volume examines how
critical theories of recognition can be utilized to enhance our
understanding, evaluation and critique of poverty and social
inequalities. Furthermore, chapters in this book explore
anti-poverty policies, development aid and duties towards the
(global) poor. This book includes critical examinations of
reflections on poverty and related issues in the work of past and
present philosophers of recognition. This book hopes to contribute
to the ongoing and expanding debate on recognition in ethics,
political and social philosophy by focusing on poverty, which is
one highly important social and global challenge. "If one believed
that the theme of "recognition" had been theoretically exhausted
over the last couple of years, this book sets the record straight.
The central point of all the studies collected here is that poverty
is best understood in its social causes, psychic consequences and
moral injustice when studied within the framework of recognition
theory. Regardless of how recognition is defined in detail, poverty
is best captured as the absence of all material and cultural
conditions for being recognized as a human being. Whoever is
interested in the many facets of poverty is well advised to consult
this path-breaking book." Axel Honneth, Columbia University.
This book brings together philosophical, social-theoretical and
empirically oriented contributions on the philosophical and
socio-theoretical debate on migration and integration, using the
instruments of recognition as a normative and social-scientific
category. Furthermore, the theoretical and practical implications
of recognition theory are reflected through the case of migration.
Migration movements, refugees and the associated tensions are
phenomena that have become the focus of scientific, political and
public debate in recent years. Migrants, in particular refugees,
face many injustices and are especially vulnerable, but the
right-wing political discourse presents them as threats to social
order and stability. This book shows what a critical theory of
recognition can contribute to the debate. The book is suitable for
researchers in philosophy, social theory and migration research. "A
profound examination of how states and societies struggle to
recognize migrants as fellow human beings in all their fullness.
The contributions are exceptional for combining astute philosophy
and social theory with a discussion of actual politics and real
lives." Dr. Hugo Slim (Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik
School of Government, University of Oxford and formerly Head of
Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross) "This
impressive and timely volume offers an innovative way of
understanding the issues of migration and integration by using a
critical theory of recognition. Recognition theory has rich
potential for effectively responding to the issues of autonomy,
identity, integration, and empowerment that are at the core of the
current public debates on mass migration, displacement, and the
refugee crisis. By examining the normative and policy implications
of recognition as they apply to migration, the book offers a
pathbreaking look at the human dimension of the debate." Dr. Helle
Porsdam (Professor of Law and Humanities and UNESCO Chair in
Cultural Rights University of Copenhagen)
This book brings together philosophical approaches to explore the
relation of recognition and poverty. This volume examines how
critical theories of recognition can be utilized to enhance our
understanding, evaluation and critique of poverty and social
inequalities. Furthermore, chapters in this book explore
anti-poverty policies, development aid and duties towards the
(global) poor. This book includes critical examinations of
reflections on poverty and related issues in the work of past and
present philosophers of recognition. This book hopes to contribute
to the ongoing and expanding debate on recognition in ethics,
political and social philosophy by focusing on poverty, which is
one highly important social and global challenge. "If one believed
that the theme of "recognition" had been theoretically exhausted
over the last couple of years, this book sets the record straight.
The central point of all the studies collected here is that poverty
is best understood in its social causes, psychic consequences and
moral injustice when studied within the framework of recognition
theory. Regardless of how recognition is defined in detail, poverty
is best captured as the absence of all material and cultural
conditions for being recognized as a human being. Whoever is
interested in the many facets of poverty is well advised to consult
this path-breaking book." Axel Honneth, Columbia University.
This book addresses the endangerment of children's bodies in
affluent societies. Bodily integrity is an important part of a
child's physical and mental well-being, but it can also be violated
through various threats during childhood; not only affecting
physical health but also causing mental damage and leading to
distortions in the development of the self. The authors give an
account of three areas, which present different serious dangers:
(1) body and eating, (2) body and sexuality, and (3) body and
violence. Through an in-depth examination of the available
theoretical and empirical knowledge, as well as a thorough ethical
analysis, the central injustices in the mentioned areas are
identified and the agents with responsibilities towards children
displayed. The authors conclude by providing invaluable insight
into the necessity of an ethical basis for policies to safeguard
children and their bodies.
This volume contributes to the ongoing interdisciplinary
controversies about the moral, legal and political status of
children and childhood. It comprises essays by scholars from
different disciplinary backgrounds on diverse theoretical problems
and public policy controversies that bear upon different facets of
the life of children in contemporary liberal democracies. The book
is divided into three major parts that are each organized around a
common general theme. The first part ("Children and Childhood:
Autonomy, Well-Being and Paternalism") focusses on key concepts of
an ethics of childhood. Part two ("Justice for Children") contains
chapters that are concerned with the topics of justice for children
and justice during childhood. The third part ("The Politics of
Childhood") deals with issues that concern the importance of
`childhood as a historically contingent political category and its
relevance for the justification and practical design of political
processes and institutions that affect children and families.
This book explores the philosophical, and in particular ethical,
issues concerning the conceptualization, design and implementation
of poverty alleviation measures from the local to the global level.
It connects these topics with the ongoing debates on social and
global justice, and asks what an ethical or normative philosophical
perspective can add to the economic, political, and
other social science approaches that dominate the main debates on
poverty alleviation. Divided into four sections, the volume
examines four areas of concern: the relation between human
rights and poverty alleviation, the connection between development
and poverty alleviation, poverty within affluent countries, and
obligations of individuals in regard to global poverty. An
impressive collection of essays by an international group of
scholars on one of the most fundamental issues of our age. The
authors consider crucial aspects of poverty alleviation: the role
of human rights; the connection between development aid and the
alleviation of poverty; how to think about poverty within affluent
countries (particularly in Europe); and individual versus
collective obligations to act to reduce poverty. Judith Lichtenberg
Department of Philosophy Georgetown University This collection of
essays is most welcome addition to the burgeoning treatments of
poverty and inequality. What is most novel about this volume is its
sustained and informed attention to the explicitly ethical aspects
of poverty and poverty alleviation. What are the ethical merits and
demerits of income poverty, multidimensional-capability poverty,
and poverty as nonrecognition? How important is poverty alleviation
in comparison to environmental protection and cultural
preservation? Who or what should be agents responsible for reducing
poverty? The editors concede that their volume is not the last word
on these matters. But, these essays, eschewing value neutrality and
a retreat into technical mastery, challenge us to find fresh and
reasonable answers to these urgent questions. David A. Crocker
School of Public Policy University of Maryland
This book addresses the endangerment of children's bodies in
affluent societies. Bodily integrity is an important part of a
child's physical and mental well-being, but it can also be violated
through various threats during childhood; not only affecting
physical health but also causing mental damage and leading to
distortions in the development of the self. The authors give an
account of three areas, which present different serious dangers:
(1) body and eating, (2) body and sexuality, and (3) body and
violence. Through an in-depth examination of the available
theoretical and empirical knowledge, as well as a thorough ethical
analysis, the central injustices in the mentioned areas are
identified and the agents with responsibilities towards children
displayed. The authors conclude by providing invaluable insight
into the necessity of an ethical basis for policies to safeguard
children and their bodies.
This book explores the philosophical, and in particular ethical,
issues concerning the conceptualization, design and implementation
of poverty alleviation measures from the local to the global level.
It connects these topics with the ongoing debates on social and
global justice, and asks what an ethical or normative philosophical
perspective can add to the economic, political, and other social
science approaches that dominate the main debates on poverty
alleviation. Divided into four sections, the volume examines four
areas of concern: the relation between human rights and poverty
alleviation, the connection between development and poverty
alleviation, poverty within affluent countries, and obligations of
individuals in regard to global poverty. An impressive collection
of essays by an international group of scholars on one of the most
fundamental issues of our age. The authors consider crucial aspects
of poverty alleviation: the role of human rights; the connection
between development aid and the alleviation of poverty; how to
think about poverty within affluent countries (particularly in
Europe); and individual versus collective obligations to act to
reduce poverty. Judith Lichtenberg Department of Philosophy
Georgetown University This collection of essays is most welcome
addition to the burgeoning treatments of poverty and inequality.
What is most novel about this volume is its sustained and informed
attention to the explicitly ethical aspects of poverty and poverty
alleviation. What are the ethical merits and demerits of income
poverty, multidimensional-capability poverty, and poverty as
nonrecognition? How important is poverty alleviation in comparison
to environmental protection and cultural preservation? Who or what
should be agents responsible for reducing poverty? The editors
concede that their volume is not the last word on these matters.
But, these essays, eschewing value neutrality and a retreat into
technical mastery, challenge us to find fresh and reasonable
answers to these urgent questions. David A. Crocker School of
Public Policy University of Maryland
This volume contributes to the ongoing interdisciplinary
controversies about the moral, legal and political status of
children and childhood. It comprises essays by scholars from
different disciplinary backgrounds on diverse theoretical problems
and public policy controversies that bear upon different facets of
the life of children in contemporary liberal democracies. The book
is divided into three major parts that are each organized around a
common general theme. The first part ("Children and Childhood:
Autonomy, Well-Being and Paternalism") focusses on key concepts of
an ethics of childhood. Part two ("Justice for Children") contains
chapters that are concerned with the topics of justice for children
and justice during childhood. The third part ("The Politics of
Childhood") deals with issues that concern the importance of
`childhood as a historically contingent political category and its
relevance for the justification and practical design of political
processes and institutions that affect children and families.
Engaging systematically with severe forms of poverty in Europe,
this important book stimulates academic, public and policy debate
by shedding light on aspects of deprivation and exclusion of people
in absolute poverty in affluent societies. It investigates
different policy and civic responses to extreme poverty, ranging
from food donations to penalisation and "social cleansing" of
highly visible poor and how it is related to concerns of ethics,
justice and human dignity.
This book directly addresses the social and economic consequences
of the COVID-19 pandemic. It does so by focusing on both the
immediate effects during the pandemic and the lockdowns, as well as
the issues related to the long-term social consequences that are
likely to result from the economic crisis in the coming years. To
date, most philosophical essays and books have focused on the
health aspects of the pandemic, and in particular on the fields of
medical ethics and public health ethics. Containing a truly
international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, a unique and
global perspective is offered on the rarely discussed social and
economic consequences of the pandemic. This book is of great
interest to academic philosophers, but also to researchers from the
social sciences.
This volume presents philosophical contributions examining
questions of the grounding and justification of taxation and
different types of taxes such as inheritance, wealth, consumption
or income tax in relation to justice and the concept of a just
society. The chapters cover the different levels at which the
discussion on taxation and justice takes place: On the principal
level, chapters investigate the justification and grounding of
taxation as such and the role taxation plays and should play in the
design of justice, be it for a just society or a just world order.
On a more concrete level, chapters present discussions of these
general reflections in more depth and examine different types of
taxation, tax systems and their design and implementation. On an
applied level, chapters discuss certain specific taxes, such as
wealth and inheritance taxes, and examine whether or not a certain
tax should be favored and for what reasons as well as why it is
just to target certain kinds of assets or income. Finally, this
volume contains chapters that discuss the central issue of
international and global taxation and their relation to global
justice.
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Facing Tragedies (Paperback)
Christopher Hamilton, Otto Neumaier, Gottfried Schweiger
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The essays in this volume grew out of the reflections and
discussions conducted during the second international conference
"Impulses from Salzburg" from May 6 to 9, 2008, on "Facing
Tragedies." In accordance with the aims of this project,
participants were asked to reflect not simply on the nature and
meaning of tragedy but also on ways in which those who are the
victims of tragedy make sense of, or cope with, their condition. It
was recognised that abstract reflection is important in this
regard, but also that such reflection must be rooted in ordinary,
everyday. experience, and thus the conference had as one of its
aims the attempt to ensure that philosophical reflection not lose
the moorings it needs in the reality of ordinary life.
Der Zusammenhang zwischen liberaler Demokratie als Staats- und
Lebensform, politischer und oekologischer Bildung und einer
angemessenen Einrichtung und Neuausrichtung menschlicher
Naturverhaltnisse im Lichte des Klimawandels ist nicht zuletzt auf
Grund der Bewegung "Fridays for Future" ein Thema, das in der
aktuellen oeffentlichen Selbstverstandigung dauerprasent ist.
Zugleich ist dieser Konnex mit Grundsatzfragen verbunden, die das
Selbstverstandnis liberaler Demokratien und ihrer Erziehungs- und
Bildungssysteme in ihrem normativen Kern betreffen. In dem Band
werden unterschiedliche miteinander verschrankte Problemdimensionen
des Zusammenhangs zwischen Bildung, Demokratie und Klimawandel
theoretisch und empirisch rekonstruiert, analysiert und diskutiert.
Die AutorInnen des Bandes reflektieren aus den Blickwinkeln der
Philosophie, OEkonomie, Politikwissenschaft,
Wirtschaftspsychologie, des Sozialrechts und der Gerontologie die
Problematik der Besteuerung von Vermoegen und
Vermoegensubertragungen. Die Beitrage stehen im Kontext einer
breiteren Auseinandersetzung um Fragen der Finanzierbarkeit und
Ausgestaltung des Wohlfahrtsstaates, des Zusammenhanges zwischen
Armut, Alter und Gesundheit, von steuerpsychologischen Fragen und
solchen der sozialen Gerechtigkeit. Der Band spannt damit einen
interdisziplinaren Bogen von grundsatzlichen Themenstellungen bis
hin zu solchen der Umsetzung und Funktionalitat verschiedener
Ansatze. Er bietet damit in Summe neue, stimulierende Perspektiven
auf ein viel diskutiertes Thema
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