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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810126503321

Autore

Miller Richard W. <1945->

Titolo

Globalizing justice : the ethics of poverty and power / / Richard W. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-161485-8

0-19-172324-X

1-282-54447-0

9786612544477

0-19-157388-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

337.01

Soggetti

Globalization - Moral and ethical aspects

Poverty - Moral and ethical aspects

Power (Social sciences)

Globalization - Economic aspects

Globalization - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction: International Justice and Transnational Power""; ""1. Kindness and Its Limits""; ""2. Compatriots and Foreigners""; ""3. Globalization Moralized""; ""4. Global Harm and Global Equity: The Case of Greenhouse Justice""; ""5. Modern Empire""; ""6. Empire and Obligation""; ""7. Imperial Excess""; ""8. Quasi-Cosmopolitanism""; ""9. Global Social Democracy""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

'Globalizing Justice' provides philosophical foundations for political responsibility, an agenda of policies for responding to major global problems, and a distinctive appraisal of 'the American empire'. It offers realistic stratefgies for global social movement that helps to move humanity toward global cooperation.