TY - BOOK ID - 118198386 TI - Aporophobia : Why We Reject the Poor Instead of Helping Them PY - 2022 SN - 9780691239422 0691239428 9780691205526 PB - Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Discrimination. KW - Poor KW - Poverty KW - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. KW - Destitution KW - Wealth KW - Basic needs KW - Begging KW - Subsistence economy KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Bias KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Minorities KW - Toleration KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Economic conditions KW - E-books KW - Social stratification KW - Social problems KW - Social policy KW - Activation. KW - Aggression. KW - Altruism. KW - Amartya Sen. KW - Antisemitism. KW - Awareness. KW - Bipolar disorder. KW - Bribery. KW - Calculation. KW - Carbon dioxide. KW - Charles Darwin. KW - Citizenship. KW - Climate change. KW - Conscience. KW - Conservatism. KW - Contempt. KW - Costa Rica. KW - Criticism. KW - Diagnosis. KW - Dignity. KW - Disposition. KW - Economy. KW - Electric car. KW - Electricity generation. KW - Electricity. KW - Emotion. KW - Ethics. KW - Ethnic group. KW - Extreme poverty. KW - Feeling. KW - Fossil fuel. KW - Freedom of speech. KW - Fuel. KW - Glaucon. KW - Greenhouse gas. KW - Hate crime. KW - Hate speech. KW - Hatred. KW - Heat pump. KW - Homo economicus. KW - Homophobia. KW - Hospitality. KW - Hostility. KW - Humiliation. KW - Ideology. KW - Incitement. KW - Ingroups and outgroups. KW - Institution. KW - Islamophobia. KW - Kantianism. KW - Laser scanning. KW - Legislation. KW - Margaret Fuller. KW - Martha Nussbaum. KW - Misogyny. KW - Morality. KW - Motivation. KW - Neuroscientist. KW - Nitrogen. KW - Norm (social). KW - Nutrient. KW - Obligation. KW - Obstacle. KW - Oxytocin. KW - Perpetual peace. KW - Person. KW - Philosophy. KW - Phosphorus. KW - Politics. KW - Poor person. KW - Poverty. KW - Prejudice. KW - Race (human categorization). KW - Racism. KW - Radical evil. KW - Rainforest. KW - Reason. KW - Refrigerator. KW - Refugee. KW - Reinforcement. KW - Remorse. KW - Reputation. KW - Selfishness. KW - Shame. KW - Social exclusion. KW - Social rejection. KW - Society. KW - Soil. KW - Spoken language. KW - Stoicism. KW - Sympathy. KW - Teleology. KW - The Other Hand. KW - Thought. KW - Transhumanism. KW - Value (ethics). KW - Wealth. KW - Western Europe. KW - William Safire. KW - Xenophobia. KW - Moral and ethical aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118198386 AB - "In a world built on the political, economic and social contract, the poor seem to break the rules of give and take. As a result, there is a growing tendency to exclude them. The problem is not one of xenophobia, since the enthusiastic reception of foreign tourists contrasts with the rejection of refugees and immigrants. We're talking about aporophobia, rejection of the poor. The poor person is a nuisance, even within one's own family. Aporophobia is a daily attack on the dignity and well-being of people and democracy. It also has a universal reach: all human beings are aporophobes, and this has its cerebral and social roots that can and should be modified if we are to take seriously the key ethical issues of a democratic society that aims to be fair. In this book Adela Cortina exposes one of the most deep-rooted and overlooked moral conflicts of our time, not only to give it a name but also to force us to recognise it and to provide us with the tools to face a reality very much our own"-- ER -