Description
Book SynopsisNow available in three thematic volumes, the second edition of
Moral Issues in Global Perspective is a collection of the newest and best articles on current moral issues by moral and political theorists from around the globe. Each volume seeks to challenge the standard approaches to morality and moral issues shaped by Western liberal theory and to extend the inquiry beyond the context of North America. Covering a broad range of issues and arguments, this collection includes critiques of traditional liberal accounts of rights, justice, and moral values, while raising questions about the treatment of disadvantaged groups within and across societies affected by globalization. Providing new perspectives on issues such as war and terrorism, reproduction, euthanasia, censorship, and the environment, each volume of
Moral Issues in Global Perspective incorporates work by race, class, feminist, and disability theorists.
Moral and Political Theory, the first of the three volumes, surveys a number of traditional Western liberal approaches to moral theory, human rights, justice, and democracy, as well as contemporary critiques of these approaches. With nineteen new essays, three of which were written especially for this edition, this volume covers the necessary theories for understanding moral issues in a global context.
Moral Issues in Global Perspective is available in three separate volumes―
Moral and Political Theory,
Human Diversity and Equality, and
Moral Issues.
Trade Review“The great ethical challenge of this century will be how we should live our lives in a global context. This intelligent and broad-ranging collection provides its readers with a rich introduction to a wide range of perspectives about how we might live together as global citizens. There is something here to unsettle everyone’s views about the great questions of the day. These volumes provide no simple answers, but they provoke all of us to reconceive our ethical commitments.” ― Joan Tronto, Hunter College
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Moral Issues in Global Perspective transforms the landscape for the study of ethics by challenging readers to connect the reality of globalization with the theory and practice of ethics. Volume I serves as a timely resource, combining high-caliber, challenging new articles with must-read classics. Koggel’s collection is sure to be a leader among the new generation of books in moral, social, and political philosophy.” ― Sally Scholz, Villanova University
Table of ContentsPreface
CHAPTER ONE: MORALITY
- Introduction
- Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
- Utilitarianism
- Ethics: The We and the I
- What does the Different Voice Say? Gilligan’s Women and Moral Philosophy
- Changing Moral Values in Africa: An Essay in Ethical Relativism
- Study Questions
- Suggested Readings
CHAPTER TWO: HUMAN RIGHTS
- Introduction
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Human Rights: A Western Construct with Limited Applicability
- Adamantia Pollis and Peter Schwab
- Globalization and Human Rights
- A Buddhist Response to the Nature of Human Rights
- Reconceiving Rights as Relationship
- Study Questions
- Suggested Readings
CHAPTER THREE: JUSTICE
- A Theory of Justice
- Libertarianism, Insurance Arguments, and General State Welfare
- Care and Justice in the Global Context
- Confucianism, Globalisation and the Idea of Universalism
- Women, Citizenship and Difference
- Study Questions
- Suggested Readings
CHAPTER FOUR: DEMOCRACY
- Introduction
- Democracy, Philosophy, and Justification
- Confucian Value and Democratic Value
- In Search of Islamic Constitutionalism
- Democracy and Its Global Roots: Why Democratization is not the same as Westernization
- The Influence of the Global Order on the Prospects for Genuine Democracy in the Developing Countries
- Study Questions
- Suggested Readings
CHAPTER FIVE: ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS
- Introduction
- A Dialogue of the Deaf? New International Attitudes and the Death Penalty in America
- Child Labor and Global Inequality: Responsibilities and Policies
- Reparations and Justice: The Case of Colonialism
- Justice for South Africa: Restorative Justice and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Freedom and Democracy in Cuba: A Problem of Understanding
- Study Questions
- Suggested Readings
CHAPTER SIX: WAR AND TERRORISM
- The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)
- The Slippery Slope to Preventive War
- A Requiem for Voicelessness: Pakistanis and Muslims in the US
- Counter-Oppressive Terrorism
- Development and the “Global War on Terror”
- Antonio Tujan, Audrey Gaughran, and Howard Mollett
- Study Questions
- Suggested Readings
Acknowledgements
