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The Ethics of Homelessness: Philosophical Perspectives
Second, revised edition
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This new and expanded edition of G. John M. Abbarnoâs anthology The Ethics of Homelessness underscores what is ignored in plain sight: people without a home or dwelling are also without privacy and dignity. It is argued that they lack moral standing. The chapters uncover the harsh realities of poverty where economic value overrides competing human values. Naomi Zack argues that homelessness is symbolic of societyâs materialistic values. It has a tendency to resist sufficient charity and perpetuates conditions of injustice. Uma Narayan questions whether the homeless have protection under the U.S. Constitution. Other authors present an enlarged sphere of homeless to include runaway children, refugees, adoptees and the disabled. The book demonstrates the value of applied philosophy.
G. John M. Abbarno earned his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is Professor of Philosophy at DâYouville College and author of many journal articles on ethics as well as an anthology on inherent and instrumental value. He has also been a guest speaker on Value Theory throughout China. A past President of the American Society for Value Inquiry and the International Society for Value Inquiry, he is the current President of the Conference on Philosophical Societies.
Foreword by Anthony J. Steinbock. Acknowledgments. Introduction by G. John M. Abbarno. Part One VERSE AND CONVERSATIONS: HOMELESS PEOPLE. ONE Noah S. BERGER: The Guardian of the Birds. TWO Dennis ROHATYN: Poetic Sounds of Homeless Verse. THREE Robert GINSBERG: Meditations on Homelessness and Being at Home: In the Form of a Dialogue. Part Two THE MIRROR OF HOMELESSNESS: IS IT ESSENTIAL TO HUMANITY? FOUR Pio COLONNELLO: Homelessness as Heimatlosigkeit? FIVE Patricia Anne MURPHY: The Rights of the Homeless: An Examination of the Phenomenology of Place. SIX David E. SCHRADER: Home Is Where the Heart Is: Homelessness and the Denial of Moral Personality. SEVEN Keith BURKUM: Homelessness, Virtue Theory, and the Creation of Community. Part Three: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL HOMELESSNESS IN CHILDREN. EIGHT Michael PARKER: Community, Ethics, and Homelessness. NINE René A.C. HOKSBERGEN: Psychic Homelessness. Photographs by Janice AGATI-ABBARNO. Part Four: NO HOME, NO CITIZENSHIP: MORAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS. TEN Anita M. SUPERSON: The Homeless and the Right to Public Dwelling. ELEVEN Uma NARAYAN: No Shelter Even in the Constitution? Free Speech, Equal Protection, and the Homeless. TWELVE Natalie DANDEKAR: Social Policies, Principles, and Homelessness. THIRTEEN G. John M. ABBARNO: Failed Rights: The Moral Plight of the Mentally Ill Homeless. FOURTEEN Shyli KARIN-FRANK: Homelessness, the Right to Privacy, and the Obligation to Provide a Home. Part Five: TO HAVE A HOME: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE TO BE HOME? FIFTEEN Joseph BETZ: The Homeless Hannah Arendt. SIXTEEN Ron SCAPP: Talking About Those Home Improvement Blues. About the Contributors. Index.
This book could serve as a reader for undergraduate students in philosophy, religion and sociology primarily. It could also serve people who are interested in law and public policy regarding homelessness.