| Description |
xiii, 249 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Distributive Justice and the International Context -- I. Cosmopolitanism. 2. Utilitarianism and Global Justice. 3. Basic Human Rights: The Moral Minimum. 4. O'Neill and the Obligations of Justice -- II. Communitarianism. 5. Patriotism and Justice. 6. Miller, Nationality, and Distributive Justice. 7. Relativism, Universalism, and Walzer. 8. Neo-Hegelianism, Sovereignty, and Rights |
| Summary |
What obligations do the world's wealthy people have to ensure that the world's poor achieve a quality of life that is recognizably human? Charles Jones outlines and evaluates the main competing moral perspectives framing these debates, assessing the relative merits of the utilitarian, human rights, and neo-Kantian perspectives before answering the nationalist, patriotic, relativist, and constitutivist challenges to moral universalism. Jones defends a form of cosmopolitanism involving a commitment to basic human rights, and provides both a guide to the state of the art in disputes about global justice, and a distinctive defense of the moral case for change in the international system |
| Notes |
Originally published: 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography and index |
| Subject |
Cosmopolitanism.
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Distributive justice.
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Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Utilitarianism.
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Human rights.
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Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| LC no. |
98054457 |
| ISBN |
0198294808 |
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0199242224 (paperback) |
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