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Does Poverty Wear a Woman's Face? Some Moral Dimensions of a Transnational Feminist Research Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Alison M. Jaggar
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Abstract

This article explains some moral dimensions of a transnational feminist research project designed to provide a better standard or metric for measuring poverty across the world. The author is an investigator on this project. Poverty metrics incorporate moral judgments about what is necessary for a decent life, so justifying metrics requires moral argumentation. The article clarifies the moral aspects of poverty valuation, indicates some moral flaws in existing global poverty metrics, and outlines some conditions for a better global metric. It then explains the methodology used in our project, providing its moral rationale and discussing some remaining moral concerns.

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Hypatia , Volume 28 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Crossing Borders Special Issue , Spring 2013 , pp. 240 - 256
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Copyright © 2013 by Hypatia, Inc.

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