Human right to water, justice ... or sham? [electronic resource] : the legal, philosophical, and theological background of the new human right to water / Evelyne Fiechter-Widemann ; translated by Andrene Everson ; foreword by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada.
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| Language: | English |
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Translated from French to English. |
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Eugene, Oregon :
Pickwick Publications,
[2017]
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Human Right to Water: Justice ... or Sham?: the Legal, Philosophical, and Theological Background of the New Human Right to Water |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Human right to water, justice ... or sham? |h [electronic resource] : |b the legal, philosophical, and theological background of the new human right to water / |c Evelyne Fiechter-Widemann ; translated by Andrene Everson ; foreword by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada. |
| 246 | 2 | |a Human Right to Water: Justice ... or Sham?: the Legal, Philosophical, and Theological Background of the New Human Right to Water | |
| 264 | 1 | |a Eugene, Oregon : |b Pickwick Publications, |c [2017] | |
| 500 | |a Translation of: Droit humain à l'eau, justice ou...imposture? | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-387) and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Foreword / |r Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada -- |t The concept of "globality" -- |t "Thinking" water in terms of its vulnerability, through case studies -- |t "Thinking" the human relationship to water : the phenomenology of vulnerability -- |t "Thinking" the human in need -- |t "Thinking" human beings in terms of their dignity -- |t Two areas of focus -- |t A new role for civil society -- |t Is the human right to water an ethical normativity or a legal one? -- |t Scientific normativity for water -- |t Economic/political and legal normativities for water -- |t Thinking and conceptualizing mobilization for potable water -- |t Possible bases -- |t Creating a space for dialogue about the human right to water -- |t A theological inquiry into natural law from ABRAHAM through the Apostle Paul and the Church Fathers to Calvin -- |t Philosophical inquiry concerning natural law from Grotius to the human right to water via Kant and Bonhoeffer -- |t Dentological motives for action, or "thinking" water philosophically with Immanuel Kant -- |t Eudaemonist and anti-eudaemonist motives for action, or how to "think" water emotionally -- |t Empirical and utilitarian motives for action, or how to "think" water for the well-being of all -- |t Justice for the "other" human being, the one who thirsts -- |t Does the reality affect us and make us responsible? -- |t Responsibility : a problematic concept -- |t Intergenerational ethics -- |t Intragenerational ethics -- |t What kind of justice should apply to universal access to potable water? -- |t Solicitude and love as a means to supererogatory justice : the golden rule concept -- |t "Thinking" water differently : theologically -- |g General conclusion. |
| 546 | |a Translated from French to English. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Right to water. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Right to water |x Moral and ethical aspects. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Biswas, Asit K., |e writer of foreword. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Tortajada, Cecilia, |e writer of foreword. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Everson, Andrene, |e translator. | |
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