Soran Reader (1963-2012) was Reader in Philosophy at Durham University. She was the author of Needs and Moral Necessity (2007). Gillian Brock is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland and a recent Fellow at the Edmond J Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. She has published widely on ethics, political and social philosophy, and several applied ethics fields, along with a number of more inter-disciplinary areas. Her latest book is Justice for People on the Move (2022).

• 1. Introduction Soran Reader; 2. An idea we cannot do without David Wiggins; 3. Needs and global justice Gillian Brock; 4. Need, humiliation and independence John O'neill; 5. Needs and ethics in ancient philosophy Christopher Rowe; 6. Aristotle on necessities and needs Soran Reader; 7. Need, care and obligation Sarah Clark Miller; 8. Needs, facts, goodness and truth Jonathan Lowe; 9. Fundamental needs Garrett Thomson; 10. Needs, rights and collective obligations Bill Wringe; 11. Where does the moral force of the concept of needs reside and when? David Braybrooke; 12. Needs and capabilities Sabina Alkire.

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