The right of necessity : moral cosmopolitanism and global poverty /

The right of necessity : moral cosmopolitanism and global poverty /

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Author / Creator:	Mancilla, Alejandra, author.
Imprint:	London : Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd., [2016]
Description:	xii, 127 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Off the fence: morality, politics, and society Off the fence (Rowman & Littlefield International)
Subject:	Basic needs -- Moral and ethical aspects. Need (Philosophy) Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects. Need (Philosophy) Basic needs -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10889138

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ISBN:	9781783485857 178348585X 9781783485864 1783485868
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 117-122) and index.
Summary:	"Does recognition of the basic human right to subsistence imply that the needy are morally permitted to take and use other people's property to escape their plight? Should we respect the exercise of this right of necessity in a variety of scenarios - from street pickpocketing and petty theft to illegal squatting and encamping? In this concise and accessible book, Alejandra Mancilla addresses these complex and controversial moral questions. The [book] presents a historical account of the concept of the right of necessity-from the medieval writings of Christian canonists and theologians to seventeenth century natural law theory. Mancilla goes on to ground this right in a minimal conception of basic human rights, and she proposes some necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for its exercise. She confronts the main objections that may be posed against this principle and ultimately concludes that the exercise of this right should be considered as a trigger to secure a minimum threshold of welfare provisions for everyone, everywhere."--Back cover.

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Call Number:	JC571 .M36 2016
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