| Title | : | Protecting the Vulnerable: A Re-Analysis of our Social Responsibilities |
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (146 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226302997 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 243 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1986-08-15 |
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Our narrower obligations often blind us to larger social responsibilities. The moral claims arising out of special relationships—family, friends, colleagues, and so on—always seem to take priority. Strangers ordinarily get, and ordinarily are thought to deserve, only what is left over. Robert E. Goodin argues that this is morally mistaken. In Protecting the Vulnerable, he presents a comprehensive theory of responsibility based on the concept of vulnerability. Since the range of people vulnerable to our actions or choices extends beyond those to whom we have made specific commitments (promises, vows, contracts), we must recognize a much more extensive network of obligations and moral claims. State welfare services, for example, are morally on a par with the services we render to family and friends. The same principle widens our international, intergenerational, and interpersonal responsibilities as well as our duties toward animals and natural environments. This book,
Editorial : About the AuthorRobert E. Goodin is a reader in government at the University of Essex. An associate editor of Ethics, he is the author of Manipulatory Politics, Political Theory and Public Policy, and coeditor of Nuclear Deterrence, the latter two published by the University of Chicago Press.
Every woman of God should have a Caprice, and every man of God should have a Duane. Most pilots agree that this is good advice---especially those engaged in the more dangerous activities like fighter pilots and test pilots. I have twins and the girls loved this book!! kept them interested and they loved the pictures I loved it as well as the girls.. Blaze and Thunderbolt
My 4 year old boy and I really enjoy the adventures had by this boy and his horse. I assumed this book would do a good job. Such a wonderful collective of experience and sound knowledge. In spite of what some people think, most people will not change without some type of support group/accountability. Or just copy part of my last sentence. Short, mostly filler. Nearly not enough for any test taker to really assess their skills.
Secondly, the actual review part or each class is just like 100 pages and just brushes over the material very briefly.
Now with that said, it's still and OK book. Mr. Robins
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