Current Debates in Global Justice

✍ Scribed by Gillian Brock, Darrel Moellendorf (auth.), Gillian Brock, Darrel Moellendorf (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 304
• Series: Studies in Global Justice 2
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The papers collected in this volume represent some of the finest recent work by political philosophers and political theorists in the area of global justice. Covering both theoretical and applied issues, these papers are distinguished by their exceptional quality. Moreover, they give the reader a sense both of the scope of the field as it is currently emerging and the direction that the debates seem to be taking. This anthology is essential reading for anyone serious about understanding the current pressing issues in Global Justice Studies.

With contributions from: Richard Arneson, Charles Beitz, Luis Cabrera, Omar Dahbour, Robert Goodin, Dale Jamieson, John Lango, David Miller, Thomas Pogge, Sanjay Reddy, Mathias Risse, Gopal Sreenivasan, and James Sterba.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-9
Cosmopolitanism and Global Justice....Pages 11-27
Real World Justice....Pages 29-53
Against Global Egalitarianism....Pages 55-79
What We Owe to the Global Poor....Pages 81-117
The Role of Apparent Constraints in Normative Reasoning: A Methodological Statement and Application to Global Justice....Pages 119-125
Do Patriotic Ties Limit Global Justice Duties?....Pages 127-150
Duties to the Distant: Aid, Assistance, and Intervention in the Developing World....Pages 151-170
The Cosmopolitan Imperative: Global Justice through Accountable Integration....Pages 171-199
Three Models of Global Community....Pages 201-224
Toward an International Rule of Law: Distinguishing International Law-Breakers from Would-be Law-Makers....Pages 225-246
Preventive Wars, Just War Principles, and the United Nations....Pages 247-268
Does the Gats Undermine Democratic Control over Health?....Pages 269-281
Global Justice for Humans or for All Living Beings and What Difference it Makes....Pages 283-300

✦ Subjects

Political Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy; Political Science