Protecting the Vulnerable : A Re-Analysis of Our Social Responsibilities by Goodin, Robert E

University of Chicago Press, 1986-08-15. Revised ed. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

University of Chicago Press, 1986-08-15. Revised ed. paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New. 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,… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1986. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 243 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1986. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 243 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches.

University of Chicago Press, 1986-08-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!