Exam 24: Rights, Obligations, and World Hunger Onora Oneill

According to O'Neill, justice accounts for the whole of morality.

Rights to food or basic health care are examples of _______ rights.

According to O'Neill, the human rights approach interprets the central issues of world hunger as a matter of

O'Neill argues that the main difficulty facing utilitarianism as an approach to world hunger is that utilitarianism

Utilitarianism takes _______ as the ultimate moral standard for assessing actions.

O'Neill's preferred approach to the problem of world hunger is inspired by

What obligations does O'Neill think we have to the poor? Do you think these obligations are sufficient for addressing the problem of world hunger? Why or why not?

According to O'Neill, the rights perspective undercuts the moral status of charity by treating it as a matter of supererogation rather than obligation.

Why does O'Neill object to the utilitarian approach to world hunger? Is her objection compelling? Why or why not?

According to Kant's moral philosophy, the fundamental principles of action must be

What is the difference between a "liberty" and "welfare" conception of rights? What impact does each conception have on our duties to the poor? Which conception is right in your view?

According to O'Neill, utilitarianism assigns no special importance to human needs.

Because we cannot help everyone, O'Neill argues that we have no moral obligation to help anyone.

In Kant's moral philosophy, _______ obligations are not universal and have no corresponding rights.

O'Neill argues that the main difficulty for the human rights approach to world hunger is that

Liberty rights create corresponding obligations of

According to Kant, human obligations are obligations never to act in ways in which others cannot in principle also act.

O'Neill argues that we have a(n) _______ to the world's poor that requires us to avoid making "offers they cannot refuse."