
World Ethics
The New Agenda
Nigel Dower(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 10. September 2007
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-7486-3270-1 (ISBN)
Description
World Ethics: The New Agenda identifies different ways of thinking about ethics, and of thinking ethically about international and global relations. It also considers several theories of world ethics in the context of issues such as war and peace, world poverty, the environment and the United Nations.Key Features:* Rejects the idea of international scepticism and the 'morality of states'* Demonstrates the distinction between a global ethic as a theory and as social reality* Defends the claim that we are world citizens with global duties The second edition has been substantially revised to take account of recent global developments. The discussion is grounded in an awareness of the post-9/11 world in which we live and offers a more detailed exploration of the idea of global citizenship and a global or cosmopolitan ethic. There are new sections on terrorism and security and on global justice, and additional material on issues such as climate change, internationalist ethics, the ethics of war, sustainability, development, globalisation, global civil society and global governance. Each chapter now has a summary box at the beginning and a set of questions for discussion at the end.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-3270-1 (9780748632701)
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Person
Nigel Dower is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. Publications include Ethics and Environmental Responsibility (Gower Publishing, 1989) and World Ethics: The New Agenda (1998). He is editor of the series Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics.
Content
Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; Part I: Theories; 1. World Ethics: An Ethical Taxonomy; 2. International and Global Scepticism; 3. Internationalism and Communitarianism; 4. Cosmopolitan Theories; 5. Cosmopolitanism and Community; Part II: Applications; 6. Peace and War; 7. Aid, Trade and Development; 8. The Environment; 9. Which Way Forward? Globalisation, Global Governance and Global Ethics; Bibliography; Index.