On helping one's neighbor : severe poverty and the religious ethics of obligation /

On helping one's neighbor : severe poverty and the religious ethics of obligation /

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Author / Creator:	Ranganathan, Bharat, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2024. ©2024
Description:	xxvi, 204 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New Cambridge studies in religion and critical thought New Cambridge studies in religion and critical thought.
Subject:	Generosity -- Moral and ethical aspects. Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects. Neighborliness -- Religious aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13962543

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ISBN:	9781009428217 1009428217 9781009428231
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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"-- "Exploring what he calls 'the moral horror that is severe poverty,' Bharat Ranganathan develops a demanding account of the obligations that affluent people have to assist severely impoverished people. He argues that this is an immediate ethical as much as a social or structural imperative. Noting that developmental economists and moral and political philosophers have focused on wealth inequalities in increasingly sophisticated ways, Ranganathan observes that - within religious ethics - normative issues around severe poverty have nevertheless received insufficient attention. Bringing together general moral, religious, and philosophical principles with particular economic, social, and political realities, and engaging constructively with the writings of John Rawls and Peter Singer, this passionately argued book boldly challenges deleterious trends within ethics by unpacking, in a much more systematic way than hitherto, the pressing dilemmas around acute impoverishment. It will find an eager readership among scholars of religion, ethics, developmental studies, and theology." --

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