Marvin & Sybil Weiner Undergraduate Essay Prizes in the Humanities (2006-2007)
Title
Document Type
Presentation
Date of this Version
April 2007
Abstract
In this paper, I establish the grounds and rationale for a new ethical framework with regards to the responsibility of entities in the developed world – people, corporations, organizations, and governments – towards victims of humanitarian crises such as inescapable poverty and disease in the third world. I will examine why the prevention of global problems is not perceived as urgent and what may be needed to align policies and actions with more ethically appropriate principles in a global context.
Date Posted: 07 August 2007
Comments
Honorable Mention, 2007 Marvin and Sybil Weiner Undergraduate Essay Prize in the Humanities, Penn Humanities Forum and Penn Library.
URL: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/essay.shtml