The Morality and Global Justice Reader

by Boylan,Michael

• ISBN13: 9780813344331
• ISBN10: 0813344336
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This cutting-edge volume of original essays features a diverse, international team of prominent scholars examining issues of morality and justice within a global perspective. The chapters are grouped according to an integrative design that progresses from normative principles to normative theories to normative applications. Applications chapters address current significant and provocative topics such as poverty and the global economy; global health; religion; war; and gender, identity, and family. Distinguished philosopher and volume editor Michael Boylan provides a unifying introduction to each section. In addition, an abstract and list of key words provide readers with an informative entry into each reading. An engaging resource for all students of philosophy and politics,The Morality and Global Justice Readernot only offers an essential foundation of global justice and its policy implications, but also aims to inspire readers to positive action for change. A single-authored volume by Michael Boylan,Morality andGlobal Justice: Justifications and Applications, is also available as a complementary or a standalone text.

Author Biography

Michael Boylan is professor of philosophy at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Philosophy: An Innovative Introduction (with Charles Johnson) and Critical Inquiry: The Process of Argument, both published by Westview Press.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Normative Principles	p. 1
Global Human Rights	p. 7
On Justifying Human Rights	p. 27
When Is Ignorance Morally Objectionable?	p. 51
The Ethics of Otherness	p. 65
Normative Theories	p. 83
Consequentialism and Global Ethics	p. 89
How to Think About Global Duties	p. 103
Normative Applications	p. 127
Poverty and the Global Economy
Collective Responsibility and Global Poverty	p. 135
Building Wealth with Conditional Cash Transfers	p. 153
Ethics and Global Finance	p. 169
Global Business and Global Justice	p. 185
Global Health
Global Health Justice	p. 211
Access to Life-Saving Medicines	p. 229
Religion
What Price Theocracy?	p. 263
Global Ethics in the Academy	p. 281
War
The Law of Peoples	p. 299
Cosmopolitan Revisions of Just War	p. 325
Gender, Identity, and Family
Women on the Move	p. 349
Gender and Sex Development	p. 365
Duties to Children	p. 385
About the Contributors	p. 405
Index	p. 411
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