The Ethics of Homelessness: Philosophical Perspectives : : Second, revised edition / / edited byG. John M. Abbarno.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 343
• TeilnehmendeR: Abbarno, G. John M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 343.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Second, revised edition; Copyright Page /; Dedication /; Foreword /; Acknowledgements /; About the Contributors /; Introduction /; Part 1 Literary Dimensions of Homelessness: Verse and Conversation /; Chapter 1 The Guardian of the Birds /; Chapter 2 Poetic Sounds of Homeless Verse /; Chapter 3 Who Was "Home" First? Literal and Metaphorical Homelessness in Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer /; Chapter 4 Meditations on Homelessness and Being at Home: In the Form of a Dialogue /; Chapter 5 The Homelessness of Refugees /; Part 2 The Mirror of Homelessness: Is It Essential to Humanity? /; Chapter 6 Homelessness as Heimatlosigkeit? /; Chapter 7 The Rights of the Homeless: An Examination of the Phenomenology of Place /; Chapter 8 Home Is Where the Heart Is: Homelessness and the Denial of Moral Personality /; Chapter 9 Homelessness, Virtue Theory, and the Creation of Community /; Part 3 Internal and External Homelessness in Children /; Chapter 10 Community, Ethics, and Homelessness /; Chapter 11 Psychic Homelessness in Adoptees /; Part 4 No Home, No Citizenship: Moral and Political Dimensions /; Chapter 12 Homelessness, Philosophy, and Public Policy /; Chapter 13 The Homeless and the Right to "Public Dwelling" /; Chapter 14 No Shelter Even in the Constitution? Free Speech, Equal Protection, and the Homeless /; Chapter 15 Social Policies, Principles, and Homelessness /; Chapter 16 Failed Rights: The Moral Plight of the Mentally Ill Homeless /; Chapter 17 Homelessness, the Right to Privacy, and the Obligation to Provide a Home /; Part 5 To Have a Home: What Difference Does It Make to Be Home? /; Chapter 18 The Homeless Hannah Arendt /; Chapter 19 Talking about Those Home Improvement Blues /; Part 6 Social Institutions and Homelessness /; Chapter 20 Intended and Unintended Successes /; Chapter 21 Homeless Men and Their Interactions with Law Enforcement /; Chapter 22 ub heals Street Medicine: A Model of Care and Connection /; Part 7 Marginalized Lives /; Chapter 23 Homelessness, Disability, and Oppression /; Chapter 24 The Coloniality of Homelessness /; Part 8 Homelessness and Vulnerability /; Chapter 25 Ethics, Homelessness and the Artes Liberales/Artes Serviles Distinction /; Chapter 26 Removing the Condition of Homelessness /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004494731
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited byG. John M. Abbarno.

This new and expanded edition of G. John M. Abbarno's 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 society's 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.