Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right

Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 9780199226313
ISBN-13 : 0199226318
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Book Synopsis Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right by : Thomas Pogge

Download or read book Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right written by Thomas Pogge and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected here are fifteen essays about the severe poverty that today afflicts billions of human lives. The essays seek to explain why freedom from poverty is a human right and what duties this right creates for the affluent. This volume derives from a UNESCO philosophy program organized in response to the first of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000: 'to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger'.--Publisher's description.


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