Collective Responsibility for Severe Poverty

Brooks, Thom

doi:10.1111/1758-5899.12825

Collective Responsibility for Severe Poverty

Brooks, Thom

Authors

Professor Thom Brooks thom.brooks@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

Thomas Pogge has argued powerfully for the view that states which are responsible for severe poverty collectively share this responsibility. I claim that this rough equality of collective responsibility is not compelling. Relevant states may share collective responsibility for severe poverty, but some states possess much more responsibility than others. It may prove difficulty determining precisely how much more or less responsible some states are than others. Nonetheless, Pogge’s account should be revised to recognize more clearly the inequality of contribution that relevant states have towards collective responsibility for severe poverty.

Citation

Brooks, T. (2020). Collective Responsibility for Severe Poverty. Global Policy, 11(4), 486-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12825

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 9, 2020
Online Publication Date	May 13, 2020
Publication Date	Sep 1, 2020
Deposit Date	Apr 9, 2020
Publicly Available Date	May 13, 2022
Journal	Global Policy
Print ISSN	1758-5880
Publisher	Durham University
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	11
Issue	4
Pages	486-491
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12825