Having received his PhD in philosophy from Harvard, Pogge has published widely on Kant and in moral and political philosophy, including various books on Rawls and global justice. He is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, Professorial Fellow at the ANU Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, and Professor II of Philosophy at the University of Oslo.

• Foreword ; Introduction ; 1. Severe Poverty as a Human Rights Violation ; 2. Poverty as a Violation of Human Rights: Inhumanity or Injustice? ; 3. The Moral Reality of Human Rights ; 4. Inequality and Poverty in Global Perspective ; 5. Poverty as a Form of Oppression ; 6. Neglected Injustice: Poverty as a Violation of Social Autonomy ; 7. The Duties Imposed by the Human Right to Basic Necessities ; 8. Duties to Fulfill the Human Rights of the Poor ; 9. Extreme Poverty in a Wealthy World: What Justice Demands Today ; 10. Responsibility and Severe Poverty ; 11. Global Poverty and Human Rights: the Case for Positive Duties ; 12. The Right to Basic Resources ; 13. Poverty Eradication and Human Rights ; 14. Enforcing Economic and Social Human Rights ; 15. The Right of Resistance in Situations of Severe Deprivation ; Bibliography ; Index

Having received his PhD in philosophy from Harvard, Pogge has published widely on Kant and in moral and political philosophy, including various books on Rawls and global justice. He is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, Professorial Fellow at the ANU Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, and Professor II of Philosophy at the University of Oslo.

• Foreword ; Introduction ; 1. Severe Poverty as a Human Rights Violation ; 2. Poverty as a Violation of Human Rights: Inhumanity or Injustice? ; 3. The Moral Reality of Human Rights ; 4. Inequality and Poverty in Global Perspective ; 5. Poverty as a Form of Oppression ; 6. Neglected Injustice: Poverty as a Violation of Social Autonomy ; 7. The Duties Imposed by the Human Right to Basic Necessities ; 8. Duties to Fulfill the Human Rights of the Poor ; 9. Extreme Poverty in a Wealthy World: What Justice Demands Today ; 10. Responsibility and Severe Poverty ; 11. Global Poverty and Human Rights: the Case for Positive Duties ; 12. The Right to Basic Resources ; 13. Poverty Eradication and Human Rights ; 14. Enforcing Economic and Social Human Rights ; 15. The Right of Resistance in Situations of Severe Deprivation ; Bibliography ; Index