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Cover -- A Minimally Good Life: What We Owe To Others And What We Can Justifiably Demand -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-a Minimally Good Life: What We Owe To Others And What We Can Justifiably Demand -- 1. Common Humanity And The Basic Minimum -- 2. What Sufficiency Really Requires -- 3. Outline -- 4. Theory And Practice -- 1: The Account Of The Minimally Good Life -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Minimally Good Life -- The Adequate Range Of Fundamental Conditions For Securing The Things That Make Lives Minimally Good Lives The Justifiable Aspiration/basic Right Standard -- 3. Arguing For Justifiable Care In Practice -- 4. Conclusion -- 2: Good Enough?: Other Accounts Of The Minimally Good Life -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How We Should Understand The Minimally Good Life -- 3. Alternative Bases For The Basic Minimum -- 4. Conclusion -- 3: The Minimally Good Life And Basic Justice -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Desiderata For A Successful Theory -- 3. The Minimally Good Life View -- 4. Locating The Account In The Literature -- 5. Appropriate Demands, Public Policy, And Obligations Beyond Basic Justice -- 6. Conclusion 4: Advantages Of The Minimally Good Life Account -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Alternative Accounts Of What We Owe And Can Claim As A Basic Minimum -- 3. Conclusion -- 5: Helping People Live Minimally Well In Present And Future Generations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Principles For Aiding Those In Present Generations -- 3. Choosing Policies For Aiding People In Future Generations -- The Number In Existence In Future Generations -- The Number Helped In Future Generations -- Summing Up: How To Think About Numbers In Future Generations -- 4. Conclusion -- 6: Hope And The Virtue Of Creative Resolve 1. Introduction -- 2. Creative Resolve -- 3. The Argument For The Virtue -- 4. Hope And The Virtue Of Creative Resolve -- 5. Creative Resolve, Hope, And Possibility -- 6. Conclusion -- Conclusion-beyond A Basic Minimum: Is A Minimally Good Li