Altruity: Key to the Fight Against Poverty

This paper presents the concept of altruity and illustrates its philosophical and practical importance in the fight against poverty. Altruity –a highly specific form of rational altruism– is the duty that comes with freedom. The individual duty of altruity is the necessary counterpart of the right t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philippe Kourilsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Veolia Environnement 2012-06-01
Series:Field Actions Science Reports
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/1606