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blogs.nyu.edu - 6/8/2009
Poverty is not a human rights violation
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By William Easterly The title of this blog will make many think I am callous, and yet I definitely agree that poverty is an EXTREMELY BAD THING. Perhaps some use the words “human rights violation” to be equivalent to “extremely bad thing,” but why? There are many different ...
blogs.nyu.edu - 6/12/2009
UN Human Rights and Wrongs
— blogs.nyu.edu — By William Easterly Last Friday’s post “ Poverty is not a human rights violation ” spurred a... very healthy dialogue on rights, including a response from Amnesty International , which mentioned the UN Declaration of Human Rights. I will not be a ... (more) UN Human Rights and Wrongs
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blogs.nyu.edu - 6/8/2009
Amnesty International Responds to "Poverty is Not a Human Rights Violation"
— blogs.nyu.edu — by Sameer Dossani, Demand Dignity Campaign Director at Amnesty International Bill Easterly takes on Amnesty International’s 2009... Annual Report . I know and respect Easterly’s work; I’ve even been on a few panels with him over the years on aid ... (more) Amnesty International Responds to "Poverty is Not a ...

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Does a human rights violation require a violator?
SCSUScholars — Bill Easterly says so. The only useful definition of human rights is one where a human rights crusader could identify WHOSE rights are being violated and WHO is the violator. That is what historically has led to progress on human rights. The government officers of the slave-owning antebellum US and the slave-owners were violating the rights of slaves – leading to activism against such violators that eventually yielded the Emancipation Proclamation. The local southern government officers were violating the civil rights of southern blacks under Jim Crow, leading to ...

What good is a right to life?
The visible hand in economics — William Easterly has a strong series of posts on his blog arguing that a dialogue in terms of rights doesn’t help the poor: The only useful definition of human rights is one where a human rights crusader could identify WHOSE rights are being violated and WHO is the violator. … Poverty does not fit this definition of rights. Who is depriving the poor of their right to an adequate income? I don’t agree with Easterly’s definition of a right, but I do agree with him that rights are not enough ...

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