van Leeuwen Bart
Radboud University, Institute for Management Research, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Polit Theory. 2018 Aug;46(4):586-610. doi: 10.1177/0090591716682290. Epub 2017 Jan 23.
Homelessness is an obvious moral challenge, given the fact that it is a problem that millions of people in the developed world have to deal with on a daily basis. In the relatively scarce literature on this subject, there appear to be-roughly-three main approaches, namely, what I will refer to as the "difference approach," the "liberal approach" and the "care approach." In the paper I will critically review these three moral perspectives on the issue of homelessness. I will argue that the difference approach and the liberal approach in the end are unconvincing. Homelessness can hardly be interpreted in terms of an internally valued group identity nor in terms of autonomy and its preconditions. I will defend a version of the care approach instead, an approach that focuses on the concrete and particular needs of the homeless.
鉴于无家可归问题是发达国家数百万人每天都必须面对的难题，它显然是一个道德挑战。在关于这个主题的相对较少的文献中，大致出现了三种主要方法，即我将称之为“差异方法”、“自由主义方法”和“关怀方法”。在本文中，我将批判性地审视关于无家可归问题的这三种道德观点。我将论证，差异方法和自由主义方法最终都缺乏说服力。无家可归很难从内在珍视的群体身份角度来解释，也很难从自主性及其前提条件的角度来解释。相反，我将捍卫一种关怀方法，这种方法关注无家可归者的具体和特殊需求。
