Should We Stop Thinking About Poverty in Terms of Helping the Poor?

Ethics and International Affairs 19 (1):19-27 (2005)
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According to what Patten calls the "need-based" view, "we have a very strong and extensive set of duties to come to the assistance of the global poor: duties that are grounded in the neediness of the poor."

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10.1111/j.1747-7093.2005.tb00486.x

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