Global Justice: Defending Cosmopolitanism
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199242224 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Charles Jones is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Throughout a long, intricate and often ingenious argument, Jones steers his preferred vision of cosmopolitanism through the many thickets and marshes of current philosophical debate."--David West, Ethics"an admirable book that will bring any reader up to speed on the debates prior to 2000 and provide sufficient background to engage with current debates."--International Criminal Justice Review. "Jones's book is a well-argued and effective defence of a plausible, though demanding, position about our duties of justice in global society."--Canadian Journal of Political Science"Jones provides the best ove
It presents an engaging argument for universal basic human rights, making it an ideal resource for anyone interested in political theory, philosophy, international relations, development studies, and moral philosophy.. What obligations do wealthy people have to ensure that the world's poor achieve a quality of life that is recognizably human? This is the fundamental question of international distributive justice and one that has only been seriously debated in the last twenty-five years. This highly informative work analyzes the relative merits of the core moral perspectives framing the debates, including the universalist, nationalist, patriotism, and relativist
A Customer said A gritty compelling readkeep your eye on this guy!. I found this book surprizingly refreshing, a book of kindness and wonder, a promise of perceived threat, yet counterbalanced by the thoughtful, the insightful, the moving and dramatic. Charles Jones seems to know his stuff and in Global Justice he gets a chance to shine. Those who are interested in the issues of cos