Despite the supreme political and economic significance of
boundaries--and ongoing challenges to existing national
boundaries--scant attention has been paid to their ethics. This
volume explores how diverse ethical traditions understand the
political and property rights reflected in territorial and
jurisdictional boundaries. It is the first book to bring together
thinkers from a range of traditions, both religious and secular, to
discuss the ethics of boundaries.
Each contributor represents a tradition's views on questions
surrounding the use of boundaries to delimit property and political
rights. What does it mean to own something? What resources should
not be privately owned? What justifies the erection of political
boundaries between one people and another? How ''hard'' should such
boundaries be? What rights extend to minorities within a state?
Should territorial boundaries coincide with social ones? Does
national autonomy have an ethical basis, or is it an aspect of
modern power politics? Should we aim for a more inclusive community
than that afforded by modern nation-states? Cross-chapter dialogue
and a substantive conclusion draw out similarities and differences
among the traditions represented, traditions that include
Christianity, classical liberalism, Confucianism, international
law, Islam, Judaism, liberal egalitarianism, and natural law.
In addition to the editors, the contributors are Nigel Biggar,
Joseph Boyle, Joseph Chan, Russell Hardin, Will Kymlicka, Loren
Lomasky, Robert McCorquodale, Richard B. Miller, David Novak,
Sulayman Nyang, Michael Nylan, Raul C. Pangalangan, Daniel
Philpott, Jeremy Rabkin, Hillel Steiner, M. Raquibuz Zaman, and
Noam J. Zohar.
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