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245 14 a| The right of necessityh| [electronic resource] :b| moral cosmopolitanism and global poverty /c| Alejandra Mancilla.;

260 a| London :b| Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd.,c| [2016];

300 a| xii, 127 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

490 0 a| Off the fence: morality, politics, and society;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (page 117-122) and index.;

505 0 a| Reviving the Right of Necessity -- Part I. Historical Accounts of the Right of Necessity -- The Right of Necessity as a Retreat to the Right of Common Use -- The Right of Necessity and the Pull of Self-preservation -- Part II. The Right of Necessity and Global Poverty -- Justifying the Right of Necessity -- Content, Form and Conditions -- The Overdemandingness Objection -- The Right of Necessity within Moral Cosmopolitanism;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 8 a| "Does recognition of the basic human right to subsistence imply that the needy are morally permitted to take and use other people's property to escape their plight? Should we respect the exercise of this right of necessity in a variety of scenarios - from street pickpocketing and petty theft to illegal squatting and encamping? In this concise and accessible book, Alejandra Mancilla addresses these complex and controversial moral questions. The [book] presents a historical account of the concept of the right of necessity-from the medieval writings of Christian canonists and theologians to seventeenth century natural law theory. Mancilla goes on to ground this right in a minimal conception of basic human rights, and she proposes some necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for its exercise. She confronts the main objections that may be posed against this principle and ultimately concludes that the exercise of this right should be considered as a trigger to secure a minimum threshold of welfare provisions for everyone, everywhere."--Back cover.;

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The right of necessity moral cosmopolitanism and global poverty / Alejandra Mancilla.

Author/creator	Mancilla, Alejandra
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London : Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd., [2016]
Description	xii, 127 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Basic needs--Moral and ethical aspects. Need (Philosophy) Human rights--Moral and ethical aspects. Poverty--Moral and ethical aspects.

Series	Off the fence: morality, politics, and society
Contents	Reviving the Right of Necessity -- Part I. Historical Accounts of the Right of Necessity -- The Right of Necessity as a Retreat to the Right of Common Use -- The Right of Necessity and the Pull of Self-preservation -- Part II. The Right of Necessity and Global Poverty -- Justifying the Right of Necessity -- Content, Form and Conditions -- The Overdemandingness Objection -- The Right of Necessity within Moral Cosmopolitanism
Summary	"Does recognition of the basic human right to subsistence imply that the needy are morally permitted to take and use other people's property to escape their plight? Should we respect the exercise of this right of necessity in a variety of scenarios - from street pickpocketing and petty theft to illegal squatting and encamping? In this concise and accessible book, Alejandra Mancilla addresses these complex and controversial moral questions. The [book] presents a historical account of the concept of the right of necessity-from the medieval writings of Christian canonists and theologians to seventeenth century natural law theory. Mancilla goes on to ground this right in a minimal conception of basic human rights, and she proposes some necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for its exercise. She confronts the main objections that may be posed against this principle and ultimately concludes that the exercise of this right should be considered as a trigger to secure a minimum threshold of welfare provisions for everyone, everywhere."--Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (page 117-122) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2016946308
ISBN	9781783485857
ISBN	178348585X
ISBN	9781783485864
ISBN	1783485868

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