A pobreza a partir da perspectiva utilitarista de Singer e da ética kantiana em O’Neill

• Autores: Milene Tonetto, Sandra Bazzanella
• Localización: Revista de filosofía Aurora, ISSN-e 2965-1565, ISSN 2965-1557, Vol. 35, Nº. 64, 2023
• Idioma: portugués
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Poverty from Singer's utilitarian perspective and O'Neill’s Kantian ethics
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  • This article analyzes Peter Singer and Onora O’Neill’s conceptions of poverty relief. To achievethis purpose, possible ways of understanding poverty are presented, followed by a comparation of the authors’views. Singer’s arguments are examined in the light of his preference utilitarianism aiming to understand the development of his theory and the elaboration of effective altruism. The review of O’Neill’s theory, in turn, is based on Kantian ethics, anapproachthe author is affiliated, and based on the need to establish duties for the alleviation of poverty. In the final considerations, the article makes a critical comparison between the two conceptionsexamined.