The Morality and Global Justice Reader

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. A single-authored volume by Michael Boylan, Morality and Global Justice: Justifications and Applications, is also available as a complementary or a standalone text.

Table of Contents:
Preface PART ONE: NORMATIVE PRINCIPLES Chapter 1 Global Human Rights ROBERT PAUL CHURCHILL Chapter 2 On Justifying Human Rights JOHN-STEWART GORDON Chapter 3 When Is Ignorance Morally Objectionable? JULIE E. KIRSCH Chapter 4 The Ethics of Otherness WANDA TEAYS PART TWO: NORMATIVE THEORIES Chapter 5 Consequentialism and Global Ethics HALLVARD LILLEHAMMER Chapter 6 How to Think About Global Duties CHRISTIAN ILLIES PART THREE: NORMATIVE APPLICATIONS Poverty and the Global Economy Chapter 7 Collective Responsibility and Global Poverty SEUMAS MILLER Chapter 8 Building Wealth with Conditional Cash Transfers MICHAEL BOYLAN 3 Chapter 9 Ethics and Global Finance KLAUS STEIGLEDER Chapter 10 Global Business and Global Justice NIEN-HE HSIEH Global Health Chapter 11 Global Health Justice MICHAEL J. SELGELID Chapter 12 Access to Life-Saving Medicines DORIS SCHROEDER, THOMAS POGGE, AND PETER SINGER Religion Chapter 13 What Price Theocracy? LAURA PURDY Chapter 14 Global Ethics in the Academy JAMES A. DONAHUE War Chapter 15 The Law of Peoples DAVID CUMMISKEY Chapter 16 Cosmopolitan Revisions of Just War GABRIEL PALMER-FERNANDEZ Gender, Identity, and Family Chapter 17 Women on the Move ROSEMARIE TONG Chapter 18 Gender and Sex Development SIMONA GIORDANO Chapter 19 Duties to Children MICHAEL BOYLAN About the Contributors Index

About the Author :
Michael Boylan received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is professor of philosophy at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Philosophy: An Innovative Introduction (with Charles Johnson) and Critical Inquiry: The Process of Argument, both published by Westview Press.

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 "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 Dublin “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 Søren 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