World poverty and human rights cosmopolitan responsibilities and reforms is a 2002 book by thomas pogge in the book pogge explains that the poorest 44 percent of humankind have 13 percent of global income and their purchasing power per person per day is less than that of 215 in the us in 1993 826 million of them do not have enough to eat. World poverty and human rights volume 19 issue 1 6 one might say that the existing global order is not unjust if the only feasible institutional modifications that could substantially reduce the offensive deprivations would be extremely costly in terms of culture say or the natural environment i preempt such objections by inserting the word reasonably. World poverty and human rights full text this 2005 ethics international affairs journal article is one of our most popular resources raising moral questions about poverty and wealth distribution that still remain unanswered despite a high and growing global average income billions of human beings are still condemned to lifelong severe . World poverty and human rights thomas pogge his recent publications include the edited volume freedom from poverty as a human right 2005 real worldjustice co edited with andreas follesdal 2005 world poverty and human rights 2002 can the capability approach be justified philosophical topics 2002 and with sanjay reddy how not to count the poor wwwsocialanalysisorg