1st Edition

Morality and Global Justice Justifications and Applications

246 Pages

by Routledge

248 Pages

by Routledge

248 Pages

by Routledge

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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... Read more

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