Against charity: Some preliminary considerations
Charity is often viewed as a paradigm of morality. I suggest, however, that charitable action is morally problematic – even morally wrong. Following a brief characterisation of charity, it will be suggested that it wrongly puts recipients in a position of dependency and dispensers in a self-congratu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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Series: | Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0008 |