Is it morally permissible for financially privileged tourists to visit places for the purpose of experiencing where poor people live, work, and play? Tourism associated with this question is commonly referred to as 'poverty tourism.' While some poverty tourism is plausibly ethical, other...

The first and most prominent United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG-1) has been widely celebrated. Yet, four reflections should give us pause. Although retaining the idea of "halving extreme poverty by 2015", MDG-1 in fact sets a much less ambitious target than had been agreed to at the...

Human flourishing and universal justice -- How should human rights be conceived? -- Loopholes in moralities -- Moral universalism and global economic justice -- The bounds of nationalism -- Achieving democracy -- Cosmopolitanism and sovereignty -- Eradicating systemic poverty : brief for a...