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(1982) La philosophie contemporaine / Contemporary philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer.
Do people have a right to be free from hunger? This is asserted often enough, but what does it stand for? It is, of course, tempting to say: Nothing at all. But that piece of sophisticated cynicism provides not so much a penetrating insight into the practical affairs of the world, but merely a refusal to investigate what people mean when they assert the existence of rights that, for much of humanity, are plainly not guaranteed by the existing institutional arrangements.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-9940-0_13
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Sen, A. (1982)., The right not to be hungry, in G. Fløistad (ed.), La philosophie contemporaine / Contemporary philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 343-360.
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