Ethics, Hunger and Globalization: In Search of Appropriate PoliciesPer Pinstrup-Andersen, Peter Sandøe Springer Science & Business Media, 20/07/2007 - 334 من الصفحات The book “Ethics, Hunger and Globalization” adds an ethics dimension to the debate and research about poverty, hunger, and globalization. Outstanding scholars and practitioners from several disciplines discuss what action is needed for ethics to play a bigger role in action by governments, civil society, and the private sector to reduce poverty and hunger within the context of globalization. The book concludes that much of the rhetoric by policy makers is not followed up with appropriate action to fight poverty, hunger, and malnutrition and discusses the role of ethics in attempts to match action with rhetoric. The book also concludes that a better understanding of the values underlying both public- and private-sector action towards the alleviation of poverty and hunger would lead to more enlightened policies and a greater success in attempts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The interaction between ethical, economic, and policy aspects are discussed and scholars and experienced practitioners from several disciplines suggest how such integration may be promoted for the benefit of low-income people in developing countries. The cohesive, multidisciplinary, intellectual treatment of the subject of ethics and hunger makes this book not only intellectually stimulating but well grounded in realities. Taking into account the new evidence and the various perspectives presented by the authors of this book would undoubtedly result in a more enlightened debate, better government policies, and appropriate guidance of globalization for the benefit of the poor. |
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... achieving food security for all. Perhaps the most difficult is the fight against HIV/AIDS. The interconnection between AIDS and hunger can be seen most starkly in Africa, where infection rates are rising among African women. Almost 60 ...
... achieve the UN Millennium Goal of halving the number of the world's hungry by 2015. They address the range of actions that governments should take to ensure food security for all at a national level. They provide a new international ...
... achieved. Pinstrup-Andersen then identifies different ethical standards that may be considered in efforts to understand the action or lack of action related to poverty and hunger. One such standard is found in utilitarian ethics. Here ...
... achieved only very limited success in altering the behavior of national governments toward a greater emphasis on the ... achieve the Millennium Development Goals, but these achievements would be privileges that individuals could lose at ...
... achieved through explicit links between those holding the claims and those bearing the duty to fulfill the claims. The use of such an approach to development will, as argued by Jonsson, simultaneously contribute to the reduction of the ...
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An Ethicists Perspective 29 | 29 |
Development Institutions | 50 |
What HungerRelated Ethics Lessons can we Learn | 71 |
Principles | 93 |
Millennium Development Goals and Other Good Intentions | 111 |
What We Know About Poverty and What We Must | 130 |
A NonGovernmental Organization | 149 |
Economic Development Equality Income | 165 |
On the Ethics and Economics of Changing Behavior 181 | 180 |
Ethics Hunger and the Case | 215 |
Agricultural Subsidy and Trade Policies | 263 |
Food Safety Standards in Rich and Poor Countries 281 | 280 |
Concluding Reflections on the Role of Ethics | 305 |
Index | 323 |