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• Title:Human right to water : justice ... or sham? : the legal, philosophical, and theological background of the new human right to water / Evelyne Fiechter-Widemann ; foreword by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada ; translated by Andrene Everson.
  
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• Author/Creator:Fiechter-Widemann, Evelyne, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Biswas, Asit K., writer of forward.
  Tortajada, Cecilia, writer of forward.
  Everson, Andrene, translator.
  
• Published/Created:Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2017]
  ©2017
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K3498 .F54 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Water resources development--Developing countries.
  Water resources development--Moral and ethical aspects.
  Human rights.
  
• Description:xxxi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-387) and indexes.
  
• ISBN:1498294081
  9781498294089 (hardcover)
  1498294065
  9781498294065 (paperback)
  9781498294072
  1498294073
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Water Inequality: A Global Challenge for Humanity
  ch. I Concept of "Globality"
  ch. II "Thinking" Water in Terms of Its Vulnerability, through Case Studies
  ch. III "Thinking" the Human Relationship to Water: The Phenomenology of Vulnerability
  ch. IV "Thinking" the Human in Need
  ch. V "Thinking" Human Beings in Terms of Their Dignity
  pt. II Normative Solutions to Water Inequality: Many Rational Units for Water
  Introduction: Two Areas of Focus
  New Role for Civil Society
  ch. I Is The Human Right to Water an Ethical Normativity or a Legal One?
  ch. II Scientific Normativity for Water
  ch. III Economic/Political and Legal Normativities for Water
  pt. III Changing Water Ethic: Moral Causes and Motives for the New Human Right to Water
  Introduction: Thinking and Conceptualizing Mobilization for Potable Water
  Section I Is Natural Law a Justifiable Cause or Basis for the New Human Right to Water?
  Introduction
  Possible Bases
  Creating a Space for Dialogue about the Human Right to Water
  ch. I Theological Inquiry Into Natural Law from ABRAHAM through the Apostle Paul and the Church Fathers to Calvin
  ch. II Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Natural Law from Grotius to the Human Right to Water via Kant and Bonhoeffer
  Section II Motives for Actions that are in Conformity With Duty, Good, and Useful for Universal Access to Potable Water
  ch. I Deontological Motives for Action, or "Thinking" Water Philosophically with Immanuel Kant
  ch. II Eudaemonist and Anti-Eudaemonist Motives for Action, or How to "Think" Water Emotionally
  ch. III Empirical and Utilitarian Motives for Action, or How to "Think" Water for the Well-Being of All
  pt. IV Justice and Responsibility: From a Logic of Normativity to One of Implementation
  Introduction: Justice for the "Other" Human Being, the One Who Thirsts
  Does the Reality Affect Us and Make Us Responsible?
  ch. I Responsibility: A Problematic Concept
  ch. II Intergenerational Ethics
  ch. III Intragenerational Ethics
  pt. V Theological Structure of Potable Water's Challenges
  Introduction: What Kind of Justice Should Apply to Universal Access to Potable Water?
  ch. I Solicitude and Love as a Means to Supererogatory Justice: The Golden Rule Concept
  ch. II "Thinking" Water Differently
  -Theologically
  pt. VI Strategies for Mitigating Water Poverty: Some Original Testimonies
  General Conclusion.