Against charity: some preliminary consideratrions

Bob Brecher

doi:10.1515/ebce-2017-0008

Against charity: some preliminary consideratrions

Bob Brecher

Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics

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Abstract

Charity is often viewed as a paradigm of morality. I suggest, however, that charitable action is mortally problematic - even morally wrong. Following a brief characterisation of charity, I suggest that it wrongly puts recipients in a position of dependency and dispensers in a self-congratulatory position of political quietism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	97-103
Number of pages	7
Journal	Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)
Volume	7
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0008
Publication status	Published - 26 Jun 2017

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Keywords

charity
dependency
gifts
needs

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Against charity: some preliminary consideratrions

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