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Global Poverty and Personal Responsibility: Integrity Through Commitment
Global Poverty and Personal Responsibility Integrity Through Commitment Author:Elizabeth Morgan, Van Weigel, Eric DeBaufre Here is a remarkable combination of looking back at poverty's historical perspective -- looking within through an honest appraisal of one's personal moral maturity -- and looking outward in praxis with others in combating global poverty. It's the kind of reading that leads to doing. — Robert A. Seiple — President, World Vision U.S. — This call to ... more »action is addressed to ordinary Americans to act effectively against world hunger and development. Its originality lies in arguing, clearly and persuasively, that free persons are whole persons whose moral development at different stages of life is paralleled by widening spheres of responsibility they assume. This valuable work links personal growth -- psychological and moral -- to broader problems of justice, peace, and human rights in the world at large.
Denis Goulet
University of Notre Dame
This book is not for the armchair philosopher. Its message is that though absolute poverty may appear overwhelming, we can make a difference. It is through personal commitment, through moral integrity, that we can work for change. This is just the kind of timely thinking we need to overcome apathy and to motivate us to work for change.