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A PHILOSOPHY OF NEED

Appeals to need abound in everyday discussion. People make claims about their own needs all the
time  and they do so in a way that suggests these should have a certain moral force. Needs also
play an important role in contemporary popular discourse about social justice  climate change 
obligations to future generations  dealing fairly with refugees  treating animals humanely  and
critiques of consumerist lifestyles - to name just a few of the many examples. The idea of need
is present in an increasing number of debates and domains. There is interest in need from
several disciplines  not just philosophy  which also include psychology  economics  political
science  social work and sociology. This volume  then  offers a fine introduction to an
increasingly important concept in day-to-day life. In a new Foreword  Gillian Brock discusses
the continuing significance of several innovative chapters in the book  indicating how they
presaged new directions in philosophical conversation.

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