Bharat Ranganathan

On Helping One's Neighbor

Severe Poverty and the Religious Ethics of Obligation

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Produktbeschreibung

"Drawing creatively upon religious ethics and moral and political philosophy, Ranganathan argues here that affluent people have demanding and immediate obligations, through institutional reform and interpersonal giving, to assist severely impoverished people. An essential book for scholars of religion, ethics, developmental studies, and theology"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781009428217
• ISBN-10: 1009428217
• Artikelnr.: 69231211

Autorenporträt

Bharat Ranganathan is the Rabbi Sidney and Jane Brooks Assistant Professor of Social Justice and Religion in the Religious Studies Program at the University of Nebraska Omaha. His teaching and research interests include religious ethics, philosophy of religion, and theology. On Helping One's Neighbor is his first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations 1. Religious Ethics and Obligations to Others
2. Universalism and Relativism, Minimalism and Maximalism
3. Institutions, Severe Poverty, and the Obligations of Affluence
4. On Helping One's Neighbor
5. Moral Demandingness and Obligations to Special Relations and Self
Conclusion
Coda
Appendix I. The Relationship among Basic, Human, and Moral Rights
Appendix II. Dignity, Indeterminateness of Sense, and Human Rights
Bibliography
Index.