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Rescuing charitable duties

Sheldon Wein (Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)

International Journal of Social Economics

ISSN: 0306-8293

Article publication date: 1 January 2002

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Abstract

This paper examines the duty to rescue and the duty to assist the needy. An explanation is offered regarding why common‐sense morality makes the duty to rescue feel more pressing than the duty to assist the needy.

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Wein, S. (2002), "Rescuing charitable duties", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 29 No. 1/2, pp. 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068290210412976

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