1st Edition

Morality and Global Justice Justifications and Applications

By Michael Boylan Copyright 2011
    246 Pages
    by Routledge

    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this concise, single-authored text, renowned scholar and professor Michael Boylan examines the moral justifications underlying key global justice issues and provides students with the analytical tools to approach those issues critically. Introductory chapters establish a thorough but accessible foundation in theory and moral justification, and subsequent chapters apply those concepts to key areas of global concern: poverty; public health; race, gender, and sexual orientation; democracy and social/political dialog; globalization; the environment; war and terrorism; and immigrants and refugees. For easy reference and review, each chapter includes key terms, critical applied reasoning exercises (CARE), and problems and thought experiments perfect for class discussions or writing exercises. The appendix (Getting Involved) guides students in putting ethical principles to work.

    Part One: Global Metaethical Justification

    Chapter 1: The Way People Think about Ethics and Social/Political Philosophy

    Chapter 2: The Personal Worldview, Shared-Community, and Extended-Community Worldview Imperatives

    Part Two: Normative Ethics in a Global Context

    Chapter 3: The Foundation of Global Justice

    Chapter 4: Human Rights

    Chapter 5: Culture and Religion

    Chapter 6: Justice, the State, and the World

    Part Three: Applied Global Ethics

    Chapter 7: Poverty

    Chapter 8: Public Health

    Chapter 9: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

    Chapter 10: Democracy, and Social and Political Dialogue

    Chapter 11: Globalization

    Chapter 12: The Environment

    Chapter 13: War and Terrorism

    Chapter 14: Immigrants and Refugees

    Biography

    Michael Boylan, Department of Philosophy, Marymount University, USA.