A Philosophy of Need
Author:   Soran Reader (University of Durham) ,  Gillian Brock (University of Auckland)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009230162


Pages:   402
Publication Date:   02 May 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Soran Reader (University of Durham) ,  Gillian Brock (University of Auckland)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9781009230162


ISBN 10:   1009230166
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   02 May 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Soran Reader; 2. An idea we cannot do without David Wiggins; 3. Needs and global justice Gillian Brock; 4. Need, humiliation and independence John O'neill; 5. Needs and ethics in ancient philosophy Christopher Rowe; 6. Aristotle on necessities and needs Soran Reader; 7. Need, care and obligation Sarah Clark Miller; 8. Needs, facts, goodness and truth Jonathan Lowe; 9. Fundamental needs Garrett Thomson; 10. Needs, rights and collective obligations Bill Wringe; 11. Where does the moral force of the concept of needs reside and when? David Braybrooke; 12. Needs and capabilities Sabina Alkire.

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Soran Reader (1963-2012) was Reader in Philosophy at Durham University. She was the author of Needs and Moral Necessity (2007). Gillian Brock is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland and a recent Fellow at the Edmond J Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. She has published widely on ethics, political and social philosophy, and several applied ethics fields, along with a number of more inter-disciplinary areas. Her latest book is Justice for People on the Move (2022).

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