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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821768803321

Autore

Dower Nigel <1942->

Titolo

World ethics : the new agenda / / Nigel Dower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2007

ISBN

0-7486-3223-9

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Edinburgh studies in world ethics

Disciplina

172.4

Soggetti

Ethics

International relations - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I THEORIES -- CHAPTER 1 WORLD ETHICS: AN ETHICAL TAXONOMY -- CHAPTER 2 INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL SCEPTICISM -- CHAPTER 3 INTERNATIONALISM AND COMMUNITARIANISM -- CHAPTER 4 COSMOPOLITAN THEORIES -- CHAPTER 5 COSMOPOLITANISM AND COMMUNITY -- PART II APPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER 6 PEACE AND WAR -- CHAPTER 7 AID, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 8 THE ENVIRONMENT -- CHAPTER 9 WHICH WAY FORWARD? GLOBALISATION, GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND GLOBAL ETHICS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 FeaturesRejects the idea of international scepticism and the 'morality of states'Demonstrates the distinction between a global ethic as a theory and as social realityDefends the claim that we are world citizens with global dutiesThe 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.