Sarah Clark Miller

The Ethics of Need (eBook, ePUB)

Agency, Dignity, and Obligation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation explores the philosophical significance of human vulnerability and interdependence for moral responsibility. Drawing on Kantian and feminist ethics, the book advances a normative analysis of the concept of need that reveals an obligation to meet others' needs in a manner that promotes their agency and dignity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136596667
• Artikelnr.: 38270781

Autorenporträt

Sarah Clark Miller is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Rock Ethics Institute at The Pennsylvania State University. She has published articles on ethical theory, social and political philosophy, and applied ethics in journals such as Social Theory and Practice and the Journal of Social Philosophy. She is currently completing a book on global responsibility.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Moral Significance of Needs 2. The Duty to Care 3. the
Manner of Meeting Needs 4. The Margins of Agency: Caring for the
Fundamental Needs of Old Age 5. Global Needs and Care: Introducing
Cosmopolitan Care 6. Future Needs. Bibliography