WeekProblem at handHistorical periodStudy philosophersThink critically
Week 1:
Introduction to the problem		 Poverty as exclusion (file)  Ancient
Ethics		Introduction to the problem of poverty (file)
What does poverty mean for me ?
Week 2:
Poverty in the sense of economic poverty		 Tocqueville, Alexis de,
Memoir on Pauperism

Marx, Karl,
The Poverty of Philosophy		What does it mean to be poor? 
Week 3:
Poverty
cannot be
restricted only
to economic
poverty		Hobbes, Thomas,
Leviathan

Townsend, Peter,
Poverty in the United Kingdom 		 Are all inequalities unjust ?
Week 4:
Poverty is relative to its
context		 Simmel, George,
The Poor

Ravaillon, Martin,
On Measuring Global Poverty		 Do all inequalities matter politically?
Week 5:
The notion of
“necessary” or “minimum required.”		 Poverty as a Tool to evaluate Wealth (file) Medieval
Ethics		 Maslow, Abraham,
A Theory of Human Motivation

Sen, Amartya,
Development as Capability Expansion		 What does it mean to be wealthy?
Week 6:
The
rich
and the
poor.		 Kant, Immanuel,
Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Perspective

Friedman, Milton,
New River Media Interview		Do the wealthiest have the duty to help the poorest? 
Week 7:
Overcoming
survival
to be able to live
decently.
 Lewis, Oscar,
Culture of Poverty

Singer, Peter, (https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/05/magazine/the-singer-solution-to-world-poverty.html)		 Is property a right? 
Week 8:
The responsibility
of
poverty.		 Chrysostom, John,
On Wealth and Poverty

Hayek, Friedrich,
The Essential		Should we seek simplicity? 
Week 9:
Required conditions to be able to choose
poverty		 Voluntary Poverty (file) Modern
Ethics		 Maimonides, Moses,
Mishneh Torah

Leo XIII,
Rerum Novarum		Is poverty a fatality? 
Week 10:
The
unnecessary
as an
obstacle
to the
perfect life.		 Epicurus,
Letter To Menoeceus

Bible,
Lazarus and the Rich Man		Does poverty lead to virtue?
Week 11:
The cost
of
happiness.		 Bible,
The Rich Young Man

Athanasius,
The Life of St Anthony		Is it true that freedom is not free?
Week 12:
The
movement
of
metanoia.		 Franciscan Rule

Athanasius,
The Life of St Anthony
  On what does happiness depend?
Week 13:
The
fruits
of an ascetic
life.		 Poverty as a Ground for Philosophy (file) Contemporary
Ethics		 Epictetus,
The Encheiridion (Manual)

Saint Augustine,
Confession		 Is there a right to happiness?
Week 14:
Concretely
Addressing Poverty to make the
Ethical
Choice of Poverty Possible (I)		 The right to non-poverty
The poor next door, my “neighbor”
Poverty within the USA and Global Poverty		 What can we do? The problem of collective responsibility.
Week 15:
Concretely
Addressing Poverty to make the
Ethical
Choice of Poverty Possible (II)		 State Measures
Private Measures
Personal actions		What can I do? The problem of personal responsibility. 
Week 16:
Can you think critically about a hot topic?		 Hot TopicIs the poor responsible for being poor?