The Ethics of Aid and Trade: U.S. Food Policy, Foreign Competition, and the Social Contract

by Paul B. Thompson

2021-05-27 06:41:29

The traditional military-territorial model of the nation state defines international duties in terms of protecting citizens'' property from foreign threats. In this book about the principles of the U.S. agricultural policy and foreign aid, Professor... Read more
The traditional military-territorial model of the nation state defines international duties in terms of protecting citizens'' property from foreign threats. In this book about the principles of the U.S. agricultural policy and foreign aid, Professor Thompson replaces this model with the notion of the trading state that sees its role in terms of the establishment of international institutions that stabilize and facilitate cultural and intellectual, as well as commercial exchanges between nations. The argument focuses on protectionist challenges to foreign aid and development assistance programs, and engages with the views of a variety of economists, commodity organizations, and philosophers on world hunger and development. What emerges is a new interpretation of social contract theory that can determine goals for international trade and development policy. Less

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ISBN9780521414685
Paul B. Thompson has been a leading scholar in food ethics for over thirty years. He was present at the founding of three professional societies for food ethics and has served in an advisory capacity ...

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