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Domination and Destitution in an Unjust World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Ryoa Chung
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Extract

Some are born to sweet delight,

Some are born to endless night.

William Blake - Auguries of Innocence

It goes without saying that severe poverty is a human tragedy. The problem of poverty stemming from inequality has however only recently become one of the most fundamental questions in international ethics. The publication in 1972 of Peter Singer's important article, “Famine, Affluence and Morality” certainly marks an important date in the literature. Even those who don't agree with Singer's utilitarian approach will recognize that he was among the first to articulate the problem of poverty on an international scale in philosophical terms. Since then, a greater number of philosophers have examined the problem of world poverty. Some of their work has been extremely influential (in particular, 0. O'Neill, H. Shue, and T. W. Pogge).

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Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume , Volume 31: Global Justice, Global Institutions , 2005 , pp. 311 - 334
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Copyright © The Authors 2005

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I am indebted to Michel Yao (Md.), Dave Anctil and Martin Leblanc for their valuable assistance in a previous stage of research. I am especially grateful to Alex Sager for his fine translation. This paper is part of a research proposal funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Fonds du Québec pour Ia Recherche en Société et Culture.

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