On the supposed obligation to relieve famine

Philosophy

Volumn 77, Issue 302, 2002, Pages 503-517

  Kekes, John ^a  

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EID: 48249083756     PISSN: 00318191     EISSN: 1469817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031819102000438     Document Type: Review

References (6)

1. Parenthetical references in the text are to the pages of the following works by Peter Singer: Practical Ethics, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), second edition, referred to as PE
2. and Writings on an Ethical Life, (New York: Harper-Collins, 2000), referred to as WEL
3. '13-7 percent of the population are poor by current standards.' Bruce Wetterau, Desk Reference on the Federal Budget. (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1998), p. 138
4. See Harry G. Frankfurt, 'Equality as a Moral Ideal' in The Importance of What We Care About, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988)
5. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, (Indianapolis: Hackett, 1978), pp. 5-6
6. 'About 62 percent of the budget ... was allocated to social spending in fiscal 1996. Among the programs funded are Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, various other health programs, education and training, social services, veterans' programs unemployment insurance, and welfare.' Wetterau, Desk Reference on the Federal Budget, p. 117