Approximations to the moral responsability of the creditors
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Económicas, Políticas y Antropológicas - CISEPA
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Se atribuye a la crisis de la deuda el aumento más masivo y rápido de la pobreza en América Latina. Por esa crisis se ha denominado a los 80 “la década perdida”. La campaña Jubileo 2000 presiona a los acreedores en base a una fuerte exigencia moral. El objetivo de este trabajo es desentrañar las diferentes facetas de esta exigencia. ¿Por qué los acreedores deberían asumir responsabilidad en el esfuerzo por reducir la pobreza de América Latina? Después de todo esa pobreza es antigua y es la consecuencia de muchos factores, aparte de los pagos de la deuda externa o la condicionalidad impuesta sobre los gobiernos de los países endeudados. Por eso, es importante responder lo mejor posible a preguntas como ¿Quiénes son los acreedores? ¿Qué tipo de responsabilidad tienen los acreedores hacia lo que se denomina la deuda social? Cuando de lo que se trata es de hacer un caso práctico, esto es, obtener resultados en el campo de la deuda, la respuesta puede no ser evidente. En este trabajo utilizamos varios conceptos como libertad de agencia, agentes y acciones colectivas, y deberes positivos para elaborar un caso de exigencia moral.
The fastest massive increase in poverty in Latin American modern history is commonly attributed to the debt crisis. The 80s of this ending century have been called “the lost decade”. The Jubilee 2000 campaign presses for placing a strong moral exigency on the creditors and must lay a solid foundation for its request. The purpose of this paper is to unravel the different facets of that exigency. Why should the creditors assume responsibility for reducing Latin American poverty? After all, poverty in Latin America is ancient, and is the consequence of many factors aside from payment of the external debt or the “conditionality” imposed upon governments in indebted countries. Therefore, it is important to give the best possible response to the questions: Who are the creditors? What type of responsibility do the creditors have toward what is being called social debt? Once we try to work out a practical proposal the answer may not be so evident. In this paper, some concepts as freedom of agency, collective agents and actions, and positive duties among others are used to produce a moral case.
The fastest massive increase in poverty in Latin American modern history is commonly attributed to the debt crisis. The 80s of this ending century have been called “the lost decade”. The Jubilee 2000 campaign presses for placing a strong moral exigency on the creditors and must lay a solid foundation for its request. The purpose of this paper is to unravel the different facets of that exigency. Why should the creditors assume responsibility for reducing Latin American poverty? After all, poverty in Latin America is ancient, and is the consequence of many factors aside from payment of the external debt or the “conditionality” imposed upon governments in indebted countries. Therefore, it is important to give the best possible response to the questions: Who are the creditors? What type of responsibility do the creditors have toward what is being called social debt? Once we try to work out a practical proposal the answer may not be so evident. In this paper, some concepts as freedom of agency, collective agents and actions, and positive duties among others are used to produce a moral case.
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Deuda externa--Países en desarrollo, Pobreza--Países en desarrollo
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