Poverty, justice, and western political thought / Sharon K. Vaughan.

By: Vaughan, Sharon K, 1956-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, c2008Description: ix, 223 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780739122686 (hbk.); 0739122681 (hbk)Subject(s): Poverty | Justice | Political science -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 362.501 LOC classification: HC79.P6 | V38 2008
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Avoiding the greatest plague of all : Plato and Aristotle -- 3. Societal responsibility and the undeserving poor : John Locke -- 4. The noble poor : Jean Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith -- 5. Empirical influences and the complexities of poverty : Alexis de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill -- 6. Poverty as a challenge to capitalist economies : G.W. Hegel and Karl Marx -- 7. Poverty and justice : John Rawls and Robert Nozick -- 8. Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Avoiding the greatest plague of all : Plato and Aristotle -- 3. Societal responsibility and the undeserving poor : John Locke -- 4. The noble poor : Jean Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith -- 5. Empirical influences and the complexities of poverty : Alexis de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill -- 6. Poverty as a challenge to capitalist economies : G.W. Hegel and Karl Marx -- 7. Poverty and justice : John Rawls and Robert Nozick -- 8. Conclusion.

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