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Aid, Famine, and Obligations to Others

D. Knapp van Bogaert, G.A. Ogunbanjo
South African Family Practice | Vol 45, No 7 | a1854 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v45i7.1854 | ©
Submitted: 23 August 2011 | Published: 30 July 2003

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D. Knapp van Bogaert, Medical University of Southern Africa, South Africa
G.A. Ogunbanjo, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Medical University of Southern Africa, South Africa

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Abstract

Do rich nations have any moral obligations to poor ones in the presence of hunger or famine? Some ethicists argue that rich nations have no obligation to aid poor nations. In the long term, they claim aiding poor nations will produce more suffering than it alleviates but others disagree. In this article, overview both sides of the problem.

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moral obligations

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