Routledge The Morality and Global Justice Reader: Reader

Product Description This cutting-edge volume of original essays features a diverse, international team of prominent scholars examining issues of morality and justice within a global perspective. The chapters are grouped according to an integrative design that progresses from normative principles to normative theories to normative applications. Applications chapters address current significant and provocative topics such as poverty and the global economy; global health; religion; war; and gender, identity, and family. Distinguished philosopher and volume editor Michael Boylan provides a unifying introduction to each section. In addition, an abstract and list of key words provide readers with an informative entry into each reading. An engaging resource for all students of philosophy and politics, The Morality and Global Justice Reader not only offers an essential foundation of global justice and its policy implications, but also aims to inspire readers to positive action for change. Review "This is an important book with newly written state-of-the-art papers on all aspects of global justice. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and a good basis for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. If you really want to know where the research frontier is today you need to buy this book!" -- Professor Soren Holm, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medical Ethics "The unusual breadth and richness of this collection make it a distinctive addition to the burgeoning literature on global justice. Prof. Boylan's expansive interests and good taste have resulted in a volume with a surprising number of novel and interesting contributions." -- David Wasserman, Director of Research, Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University This is an important book with newly written state-of-the-art papers on all aspects of global justice. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and a good basis for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. If you really want to know where the research frontier is today you need to buy this book! Professor Soren Holm, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medical Ethics The unusual breadth and richness of this collection make it a distinctive addition to the burgeoning literature on global justice. Prof. Boylan's expansive interests and good taste have resulted in a volume with a surprising number of novel and interesting contributions. David Wasserman, Director of Research, Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University " "This is an important book with newly written state-of-the-art papers on all aspects of global justice. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and a good basis for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. If you really want to know where the research frontier is today you need to buy this book!"--Professor Soren Holm, Editor-in-Chief, "Journal of Medical Ethics" "The unusual breadth and richness of this collection make it a distinctive addition to the burgeoning literature on global justice. Prof. Boylan's expansive interests and good taste have resulted in a volume with a surprising number of novel and interesting contributions."--David Wasserman, Director of Research, Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University "Many of the most serious and urgent problems facing humanity are global, from climate change and wealth inequality to resource shortage, war, migration, and religious and racial intolerance. While ethics presumes to apply to all people, most moral theorizing to date has presupposed a national rather than a global framework. Michael Boylan's reader of original essays corrects this shortcoming by focusing on ethical problems seen from a global perspective. Some essays cover foundational aspects of normative ethics but the novelty is the global perspective and the emphasis on application of theory. With helpful sectional introductions, abstracts, and keywords, the volume should become a valuable resource for teachers, students, and, especially, policymakers."--Peter Simons, Trinity College D