Cosmopolitanism: A Philosophy for Global Ethics - Hardcover

Van Hooft, Stan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773536434 ISBN 13: 9780773536432

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Cosmopolitanism has relevance for international distributive justice; peace; human rights; environmental sustainability; protection for minorities, refugees and other oppressed groups; democratic participation; and intercultural tolerance. The book does not aim to impart factual information about global issues or to offer prescriptions for the solution of global problems. Rather, it highlights the ethical issues inherent in such problems and identifies the moral obligations that individuals, multinational corporations, and governments might have in relation to them. While espousing a cosmopolitan form of global ethics, a liberal form of politics, sustainable and just forms of business practice, and an internationalist approach to global conflict and governance, it seeks to present as many sides of the ethical debates as can be supported by reasonable argument. Discussing the work of Kwame Anthony Appiah, Seyla Benhabib, Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Pogge, John Rawls, Amartya Sen, Henry Shue, Peter Singer and others, this book provides a clear and accessible survey of cosmopolitanism and analyses the reality of the rights and responsibilities that it espouses.

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About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0773536434
• ISBN 13: 9780773536432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272