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Book SynopsisExplores how diverse ethical traditions understand the political and property rights reflected in territorial and jurisdictional boundaries. This book features cross-chapter dialogue and a conclusion that draw out similarities and differences among the traditions represented including Christianity, Confucianism, Islam, and Judaism.
Trade Review"[This] collection of essays is very rich in ideas and in implications. It explores a vital set of questions and ethical concepts. The book leaves me wanting more such volumes that explore the boundaries of justice from varied ethical perspectives."--Dana W. Wilbanks, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Contributors ix Introduction by David Miller and Sohail H. Hashmi 3 Chapter One: Christian Attitudes toward Boundaries: Metaphysical and Geographical by Richard B. Miller 15 Chapter Two: The Value of Limited Loyalty: Christianity, the Nation, and Territorial Boundaries by Nigel Biggar 38 Chapter Three: Toward a Liberal Theory of National Boundaries by Loren Lomasky 55 Chapter Four: Hard Borders, Compensation, and Classical Liberalism by Hillel Steiner 79 Chapter Five: Territorial Boundaries and Confucianism by Joseph Chan 89 Chapter Six: Boundaries of the Body and Body Politic in Early Confucian Thought by Michael Nylan 112 Chapter Seven: International Law, Boundaries, and Imagination by Robert McCorquodale 136 Chapter Eight: Territorial Sovereignty: Command, Title, and the Expanding Claims of the Commons by Raul C. Pangalangan 164 Chapter Nine: Islamic Perspectives on Territorial Boundaries and Autonomy by M. Raquibuz Zaman 183 Chapter Ten: Religion and the Maintenance of Boundaries: An Islamic View by Sulayman Nyang 203 Chapter Eleven: Land and People: One Jewish Perspective by David Novak 213 Chapter Twelve: Contested Boundaries: Judaic Visions of a Shared World by Noam J. Zohar 237 Chapter Thirteen: Territorial Boundaries: A Liberal Egalitarian Perspective by Will Kymlicka 249 Chapter Fourteen: Group Boundaries, Individual Barriers by Russell Hardin 276 Chapter Fifteen: Boundaries, Ownership, and Autonomy: A Natural Law Perspective by Joseph Boyle 296 Chapter Sixteen: In Defense of Reasonable Lines: Natural Law from a Natural Rights Perspective by Jeremy Rabkin 317 Chapter Seventeen: The Ethics of Boundaries: A Question of Partial Commitments by Daniel Philpott 335 Index 361
