1st Edition
Morality and Global Justice Justifications and Applications
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.