- Abstract:
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Virtually everyone believes that we have a duty to rescue fellow human-beings from serious danger when we can do so at small cost to ourselves – and this often forms the starting point for arguments in moral and political philosophy on topics such as global poverty, state legitimacy, refugees, and the donation of body parts. But how are we to explain this duty, and within what limits does it apply? It cannot be subsumed under a wider consequentialist requirement to prevent harm. Nor can it be...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Publisher:
- Brill Academic Publishers Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Moral Philosophy Journal website
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 320-341
- Publication date:
- 2020-06-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-10-17
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1745-5243
- ISSN:
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1740-4681
- Pubs id:
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pubs:1068771
- UUID:
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uuid:e3bdd6a3-5946-4e36-9294-1bb1ad194785
- Source identifiers:
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1068771
- Local pid:
- pubs:1068771
- Copyright holder:
- Brill
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2020
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The nature and limits of the duty of rescue
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