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This collection gathers a set of seminal papers from the emerging
area of ethics and climate change. Topics covered include human
rights, international justice, intergenerational ethics, individual
responsibility, climate economics, and the ethics of
geoengineering. Climate Ethics is intended to serve as a source
book for general reference, and for university courses that include
a focus on the human dimensions of climate change. It should be of
broad interest to all those concerned with global justice,
environmental science and policy, and the future of humanity.
Nationalism is once again rising and spreading. Nationlist
movements are active throughout the world, demanding political
recognition of their nations' identity. Yet the current revival of
nationalism has taken place alongside claims that nation-states are
becoming obsolete in an increasingly globalized world. In addition,
now perhaps more than eve
Ethics in International Affairs brings together an international
and interdisciplinary cast of scholars to address the major issues
in international ethics. Touching on theoretical debates and
examining engaging case studies, this volume looks at issues of
morality and international affairs, just war theory, terrorism,
political violence, humanitarian intervention, and global
distributive justice. Cases include the Persian Gulf War; the use
of chemical weapons in Vietnam; terrorism in Northern Ireland and
the Middle East; intervention in civil conflicts in Africa; Germany
s recognition of Slovenia and Croatia; the moral duties of
multinationals; and the fate of the New International Economic
Order. This collection of original essays will be valuable to
students and scholars of international ethics and international
affairs."
This examination of global society focuses on its conflict with
local societies and questions whether the human race should be
treated as belonging to a single global community. It considers the
universality of human rights and its conflict with group claims to
self-determination.
Nationalism is once again rising and spreading. Nationlist
movements are active throughout the world, demanding political
recognition of their nations' identity. Yet the current revival of
nationalism has taken place alongside claims that nation-states are
becoming obsolete in an increasingly globalized world. In addition,
now perhaps more than ever, people are conscious of humanity as a
whole and are ready to take seriously the international dimensions
of morality.In this collection of timely essays, distinguished
moral and political philosophers examine issues raised by the
competing claims of nationhood and internationalism from a variety
of perspectives, and defend a variety of answers. Questions
discussed include: Is humanity really divided into nations or are
nations invented by nationalists? Does a nation have the right to
be self-determining? If so, must each nation form a separate and
sovereign state? Do our obligations stop at national boundaries? Do
we not have obligations to human beings as such? Why then should we
be less concerned about "foreigners" than about our compatriots?
Can we be concerned for social justice within societies yet not
across the world as a whole? If we embrace ideas of human rights
and global obligations, how do we establish what those rights and
obligations actually are? Is it proper, plausible, or practical to
aspire to such universal moral principles in a world characterized
by national diversity and cultural difference?
Justice Beyond Borders examines which political principles should
govern global politics. It explores the ethical issues that arise
at the global level and addresses questions such as: Are there
universal values? If so, what are they? What human rights, if any,
are there? Are there global principles of distributive justice?
Should there be a system of supra-state institutions? Is national
self-determination defensible? When, if ever, may political regimes
wage war? Is humanitarian intervention justified? Justice Beyond
Borders outlines and defends an egalitarian liberal brand of
cosmopolitanism to address these questions. It maintains that there
are universal principles. It argues, moreover, that these include
universal civil and political human rights. It also defends the
application of global principles of distributive justice. On this
basis, it argues for a system of supra-state political institutions
to further promote these universal principles of justice. Having
set out principles of ideal theory, it then examines what
principles should apply when injustices are committed. To do this
it examines when political regimes may wage war and when they may
engage in intervention. It thereby draws on cosmopolitan principles
to derive and defend a cosmopolitan conception of just war and
humanitarian intervention. To arrive at these conclusions, Justice
Beyond Borders engages in a sustained analysis of the competing
arguments on all the above issues, examining the arguments of
nationalists, realists, and those who affirm the ideal of a society
of states. It does so by exploring and integrating the work of
philosophers, political theorists, and international relations
scholars. It illustrates its ethical argument and theoretical
analysis with empirical examples. Furthermore, Justice Beyond
Borders argues that the issues examined in the book cannot be
adequately treated in isolation from each other but must be treated
as an interlinked whole.
This collection gathers a set of seminal papers from the emerging
area of ethics and climate change. Topics covered include human
rights, international justice, intergenerational ethics, individual
responsibility, climate economics, and the ethics of
geoengineering. Climate Ethics is intended to serve as a source
book for general reference, and for university courses that include
a focus on the human dimensions of climate change. It should be of
broad interest to all those concerned with global justice,
environmental science and policy, and the future of humanity.
Ethics in International Affairs brings together an international
and interdisciplinary cast of scholars to address the major issues
in international ethics. Touching on theoretical debates and
examining engaging case studies, this volume looks at issues of
morality and international affairs, just war theory, terrorism,
political violence, humanitarian intervention, and global
distributive justice. Cases include the Persian Gulf War; the use
of chemical weapons in Vietnam; terrorism in Northern Ireland and
the Middle East; intervention in civil conflicts in Africa;
GermanyOs recognition of Slovenia and Croatia; the moral duties of
multinationals; and the fate of the New International Economic
Order. This collection of original essays will be valuable to
students and scholars of international ethics and international
affairs.
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