Poverty, Ethics and Justice Revisited.
In this article I respond to the thoughtful criticisms of my book articulated by Gillian Brock, Thaddeus Metz, and Darrel Moellendorf. Their critical questioning offers me an opportunity to reformulate aspects of the book so that I more accurately say exactly what I had in mind when writing the book...
| Published in: | Res Publica (13564765) Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 343 - 362 |
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