{"product_id":"the-rich-and-the-poor-hardback-9781509563470","title":"The Rich and the Poor (Hardback) 9781509563470","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rich and the Poor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Kitcher (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509563470, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Rich and the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e argues that neoliberalism, among its other sins, has brought an ‘erosion of kindness.’ Kitcher proposes a program of ‘ethical enquiry’ that will restore ethics to policy, and that will bring an end to poverty, just as ethical enquiry once brought an end to slavery. A passionate and persuasive book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Sir Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It was once common to hold that we have a moral obligation to take from the rich to help the poor. Philip Kitcher’s latest book explains how that assumption has been replaced by a supposedly neutral attention to economic efficiency. Far from being neutral, this focus actually reveres cheap consumer products as the highest good. Against those who call themselves political realists, Kitcher argues for a return to moral idealism. With clarity and compassion, \u003ci\u003eThe Rich and the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e shows how we might return ethical deliberation to political economy. This book should be read far and wide by anyone who cares about politics, economics, or morality; its message could hardly be more timely.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Neiman, Director of the Einstein Forum, Potsdam, and author of \u003ci\u003eLeft Is Not Woke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful call for pursuing an idealistic, hopeful path towards moral progress and social justice.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKai Spiekermann, Department of Government, London School of Economics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A courageous act of philosophical defiance, \u003ci\u003eThe Rich and the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e asks that we reinsert ethics into politics and rethink science policy in a way that is accurate to the science and painstakingly aware of the complex interplay among economics, politics, and democratic institutions.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kitcher's method of ethical inquiry is a promising idea for addressing problems of inequality in the world. If it were applied widely and consistently today, it would certainly produce better results than the status quo.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePopulism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rich and the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e is part chronicle, part analysis of a disturbing sea-change: the abandonment of ethics in public policy. Seventy years ago, it was possible for serious thinkers, including some in the governments of affluent nations, to consider policies for raising living standards worldwide. Today, by contrast, the principal policy questions revolve around how to stay on top in a dog-eat-dog world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePhilip Kitcher, one of the world’s most eminent philosophers, offers a new account of how ethics and politics should mix. The world needs to explore and reprioritize ethical questions, through inclusive deliberation that is both factually informed and mutually engaged with other perspectives. Achieving that end is hard, but without aspiring to it, we are likely to condemn our successors to lives of great hardship. Climate change demands global cooperation of a kind that can only be obtained by returning to ethical inquiry. The divorce between ethics and economics threatens disaster for all.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy Way of a Preface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1 The Erosion of Kindness\u003cbr\u003e 2 Rethinking Aid\u003cbr\u003e 3 Ethical Inquiry\u003cbr\u003e 4 The World is Out of Joint\u003cbr\u003e 5 Nothing to be Done?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460684280088,"sku":"9781509563470","price":18.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509563470.jpg?v=1785458172","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rich-and-the-poor-hardback-9781509563470","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}