Global Ethics : An Introduction

by Hutchings, Kimberly

• ISBN13: 9780745636825
• ISBN10: 0745636829
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-17
• Publisher: Polity Pr

Summary

The field of global ethics draws on traditions of moral theory, mostly derived from western philosophy, in order to address moral problems specific to an increasingly globalised world. This book provides an accessible introduction to the field of global ethics for students of politics, international relations and globalisation. It offers an overview and assessment of key perspectives in global ethics and their implications for substantive moral issues in global politics. These issues include the morality of state and non-state violence, the obligations of rich to poor in a globalising world and the scope and nature of international human rights. The aim of the book is to help non-specialist students understand the assumptions underpinning different moral traditions and to enable them to make up their own minds about the best way of approaching moral judgment and prescription in a shared world, which is nevertheless marked by massive cultural differences and inequalities of power.

Author Biography

Kimberly Hutchings is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
List of Abbreviations	p. vii
What Is Global Ethics?	p. 1
Rationalist Ethical Theories	p. 28
Alternatives to Ethical Rationalism	p. 54
Ethics of International Aid and Development	p. 83
Global Distributive Justice	p. 111
Ethics of War	p. 137
Ethics of Making and Sustaining Peace	p. 165
Global Ethics in a Glocal Context	p. 197
Glossary	p. 222
Index	p. 233
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