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Interview with Professor Thomas Pogge

Pogge, Thomas
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Interview with Professor Thomas Pogge
economic ethics
Philosophy
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Economic ethics
Business ethics
Ethics of economic systems
Labour/professional ethics
Technology ethics
Trade ethics
Consumer ethics
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Philosophical Ethics
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"The principled moral differences are, first, that I emphasize negative duties while Singer focuses on positive duties and Sen/Nussbaum do not highlight the distinction. I see this as a nice complementarity, not as a disagreement. But it does have this consequence: I am especially concerned with people whose lives are blighted as a result of unjust social institutions in whose design or imposition I and my readers participate. Other people may be just as badly off – on account of an accident or genetic defect, for example. Of course we ought to help the latter. But on my view, our obligations to the former are of greater weight. Other things (namely, what is at stake for all involved) being equal, our duties not to harm are more stringent than our duties to aid.”"(pg 2)
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2007
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