The Moral Demands of Affluence |
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Written by <a href='/community/profile/68-danieleaton/'>danieleaton</a>
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Thursday, 30 June 2005 01:59 |
Book: The Moral Demands of Affluence, Oxford University Press, 2004, 296pp
NDPR: Jeffrey Brand-Ballard: "How much money and time does morality oblige the relatively affluent to devote to the relief of poverty, suffering, and other disadvantages? Anyone who finds this question remotely important should read Garrett Cullity's meticulous, even-handed treatment.
The publication of this monograph signals the continuing emergence of a normative orientation that one might call "beneficence theory." Beneficence theorists study the moral demands of beneficence, and limits thereon. Major beneficence theorists include, in addition to Cullity, Peter Singer (1972), Shelly Kagan (1989), Peter Unger (1996), Liam Murphy (2000), and Tim Mulgan (2001). Some of these philosophers support forms of consequentialism. Others, including Cullity, assess the demands of beneficence without treating it as the only ultimate moral value." more
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