Where does the Moral Force of the Concept of Needs Reside and When?

My point of departure in the book Meeting Needs was the conviction that the concept of needs has moral force, but the force has been dissipated and anyway made hard to see by multiple complications including but not confined to multiple abuses. I now think that is only half the problem.

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Published in:Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement 2005-12, Vol.57, p.209-228
Main Author: Braybrooke, David
Format: Article
Language:English
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Morality
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Summary:My point of departure in the book Meeting Needs was the conviction that the concept of needs has moral force, but the force has been dissipated and anyway made hard to see by multiple complications including but not confined to multiple abuses. I now think that is only half the problem.
ISSN:1358-2461
1755-3555
DOI:10.1017/S1358246105057115