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After the Millennium Development Goals. Remarks on the ethical assessment of global poverty reduction success
Teppo Eskelinensubject
Economic growthpoverty0211 other engineering and technologies02 engineering and technologyMillennium Development Goals050601 international relationslcsh:EthicsPolitical scienceta611kehityspolitiikkaköyhyyssosiaalietiikka021110 strategic defence & security studiespoverty linePoverty reduction05 social sciencesta5142Millennium Development Goalsethics0506 political sciencePhilosophystatisticstilastotetiikkalcsh:BJ1-1725description
The Millennium Development Goals were effective from 2000 to 2015. Statistics show that most of the goals were met, and particularly success in the goal of reducing extreme poverty (MDG1) gained wide recognition. Despite the strong ethical language related to poverty reduction, there has been little analysis of the ethical significance of the MDG achievements. Since statistical and ethical definitions and representations of poverty never completely overlap, conclusions concerning ethical progress are not directly available from the statistics. This article shows how this ethical significance can be analysed and what kinds of controversies and uncertainties relate to the issue. As part of this analysis, utilitarian issues, population ethics, and the social aspect of poverty are discussed.
 Keywords: poverty, Millennium Development Goals, statistics, ethics, poverty line
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 | Etikk i praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics |