List of Tables vi Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Philosophy and Child Poverty 1 Social Justice for Children-A Capability Approach 1.1 The currency of justice 1.2 Selecting functionings and capabilities for children 1.3 Sufficiency and equality 1.4 Conclusions 2 The Injustice of Child Poverty 2.1 Concepts and measures of child poverty 2.2 The Ill-Being and Ill-Becoming of child poverty: physical and mental health 2.3 The Ill-Being and Ill-Becoming of child poverty: social inclusion and education 2.4 The subjective experience of child poverty 2.5 Conclusions 3 Responsibilities for Children in Poverty 3.1 Attributing responsibilities to agents of justice 3.2 Important agents of justice and their responsibilities 3.3 The family and the state 3.4 Conclusions 4 Advancing Our Approach to Global Justice for Children 4.1 Conclusions
Religion and poverty are two of the world's most enduring social and cultural phenomena. They have a long and eventful history, and are not separate from one another, but closely interrelated: on the one hand, there is a long tradition of religiously motivated poverty; on the other hand, giving to the poor is often seen as a religious duty. In recent years, faith-based organisations have been recognised in research as an important factor in global poverty reduction. This comment surveys some of the key areas of enquiry and debate focused on exploring the connection between religion and poverty.
This paper is concerned with child poverty from an ethical perspective and applies the normative concept of vulnerability for this purpose. The first part of the paper will briefly outline children’s particular vulnerability and distinguish important aspects of this. Then the concept will be applied to child poverty and it will be shown that child poverty is a corrosive situational vulnerability, with many severe consequences. In this part of the paper normative reasoning and empirical literature will be brought together. Then, the next section will establish why this increased vulnerability of poor children and the harm to their well-being and well-becoming, which they suffer for this reason, are of ethical concern. It will be discussed that child poverty is a structural problem based on social, political and economic factors. The concluding section will then briefly outline why it is imperative to protect children from the vulnerabilities associated with poverty.
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