Larry S. Temkin (The State University of New Jersey Rutgers)

Broschiertes Buch

Being Good in a World of Need

Beschreibung

How should the well-off respond to the world's needy? Renowned ethicist Larry S. Temkin challenges common beliefs about philanthropy and Effective Altruism, exploring the complex ways that global aid may do more harm than good, and considers the alternatives available when neglecting the needy is morally impermissible.

Autor

Larry S. Temkin is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers. He graduated number one from the University of Wisconsin/Madison before pursuing graduate work at Oxford and earning his PhD from Princeton. He is the author of Inequality, hailed as "one of the [20th century's] most important contributions to analytical political philosophy" and of Rethinking the Good, described as a "tour de force" and "a genuinely awe-inspiring achievement." Temkin's approach to equality has been adopted by the World Health Organization. An award-winning teacher, he has received fellowships from Harvard, All Souls College and Corpus Christi College at Oxford, the National Institutes of Health, the Australian National University, the National Humanities Center, the Danforth Foundation, and Princeton.

Produktdetails

• Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780198912132
• ISBN-10: 0198912137
• Artikelnr.: 69432730