Ethics, Hunger and Globalization In Search of Appropriate Policies
"Ethics, Hunger and Globalization” adds an ethics dimension to the debate and research about poverty, hunger, and globalization. Outstanding scholars and practitioners from several disciplines discuss what action is needed for ethics to play a bigger role
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The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics VOLUME 12
Editors Michiel Korthals, Dept. of Applied Philosophy, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Paul B. Thompson, Dept. of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A. Editorial Board Timothy Beatley, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A. Lawrence Busch, Dept. of Sociology, Michigan State University, Lansing, U.S.A. Anil Gupta, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Gujarat, India Richard Haynes, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. Daryl Macer, The Eubios Ethics Institute, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Ben Mepham, Centre for Applied Bio-Ethics, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom Dietmar Mieth, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Egbert Schroten, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
ETHICS, HUNGER AND GLOBALIZATION IN SEARCH OF APPROPRIATE POLICIES
Edited by
Per Pinstrup-Andersen Cornell University U.S.A. and
Peter Sandøe University of Copenhagen Denmark
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword Social Justice, Ethics, and Hunger: What are the Key Messages? Mary Robinson Chapter 1. Introduction and Summary Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Peter Sandøe Chapter 2. Eliminating Poverty and Hunger in Developing Countries: A Moral Imperative or Enlightened Self-Interest? Per Pinstrup-Andersen Chapter 3. Ethics, Globalization, and Hunger: An Ethicist’s Perspective Lou Marinoff
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Chapter 4. The Ethics of Hunger: Development Institutions and the World of Religion Katherine Marshall
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Chapter 5. What Hunger-Related Ethics Lessons can we Learn from Religion? Globalization and the World’s Religions Richard S. Gilbert
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Chapter 6. Freedom from Hunger as a Basic Human Right: Principles and Implementation Asbjørn Eide
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Chapter 7. Millennium Development Goals and Other Good Intentions Urban Jonsson
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Chapter 8. What We Know About Poverty and What We Must Do: Ethical and Political Aspects of Empowerment Sartaj Aziz
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Chapter 9. Ethics and Hunger: A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Perspective Tom Arnold
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Chapter 10. Economic Development, Equality, Income Distribution, and Ethics Erik Thorbecke Chapter 11. On the Ethics and Economics of Changing Behavior Joachim von Braun and
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