Filosofía, Ciencias Sociales, pobreza mundial

Abstract

In this article, Joshua Cohen critically asseses one of the main claims that
Thomas Pogge defends in World Poverty and Human Rights. According to this thesis, that
Cohen calls Strong Thesis, most of the global poverty problem could be eliminated through
minor modifications in the global order that would entail at most slight reductions in the
incomes of the affluent. Cohen subjects this thesis to strict scientific scrutiny and concludes
that it is unwarranted by available evidence and argument. In the course of his argumentation, he discusses other claims by Pogge such as the idea that the citizens of rich countries
harm the poor, and he reflects on the connections between political philosophy and social
sciences and the spirit that should govern our investigations concerning global poverty.