Altruity: Key to the Fight Against Poverty
This paper presents the concept of altruity and illustrates its philosophical and practical importance in the fight against poverty. Altruity –a highly specific form of rational altruism– is the duty that comes with freedom. The individual duty of altruity is the necessary counterpart of the right t...
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Institut Veolia Environnement
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| description | This paper presents the concept of altruity and illustrates its philosophical and practical importance in the fight against poverty. Altruity –a highly specific form of rational altruism– is the duty that comes with freedom. The individual duty of altruity is the necessary counterpart of the right to individual freedoms. It is, by its very nature, distinct from (though complementary to) generosity, and devoid of any expectation of reciprocity (while not excluding it). The idea of altruity is the cornerstone of a theory of individual responsibility, and of a theory of justice, which provide a conceptual framework for the struggle against poverty. And because it is only meaningful if implemented with a pre-defined method, it also provides a framework for action, as the FACTS Initiative has shown. Altruity thus emerges as one of the keys to the fight against poverty. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75c798660c7049af900a4b11751acb872022-12-21T21:59:49ZengInstitut Veolia EnvironnementField Actions Science Reports1867-139X1867-85212012-06-01Altruity: Key to the Fight Against PovertyPhilippe KourilskyThis paper presents the concept of altruity and illustrates its philosophical and practical importance in the fight against poverty. Altruity –a highly specific form of rational altruism– is the duty that comes with freedom. The individual duty of altruity is the necessary counterpart of the right to individual freedoms. It is, by its very nature, distinct from (though complementary to) generosity, and devoid of any expectation of reciprocity (while not excluding it). The idea of altruity is the cornerstone of a theory of individual responsibility, and of a theory of justice, which provide a conceptual framework for the struggle against poverty. And because it is only meaningful if implemented with a pre-defined method, it also provides a framework for action, as the FACTS Initiative has shown. Altruity thus emerges as one of the keys to the fight against poverty.http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/1606altruityField actionfreedomliberalismpovertysocial justice |
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| title | Altruity: Key to the Fight Against Poverty |
| title_full | Altruity: Key to the Fight Against Poverty |
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| title_short | Altruity: Key to the Fight Against Poverty |
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| topic | altruity Field action freedom liberalism poverty social justice |
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