Now available in three thematic volumes, the second edition of Moral Issues in Global Perspective is a collection of the newest and best articles on current moral issues by moral and political theorists from around the globe. Each volume seeks to challenge the standard approaches to morality and moral issues shaped by Western liberal theory and to extend the inquiry beyond the context of North America. Covering a broad range of issues and arguments, this collection includes critiques of traditional liberal accounts of rights, justice, and moral values, while raising questions about the treatment of disadvantaged groups within and across societies affected by globalization. Providing new perspectives on issues such as war and terrorism, reproduction, euthanasia, censorship, and the environment, each volume of Moral Issues in Global Perspective incorporates work by race, class, feminist, and disability theorists.

Moral and Political Theory, the first of the three volumes, surveys a number of traditional Western liberal approaches to moral theory, human rights, justice, and democracy, as well as contemporary critiques of these approaches. With nineteen new essays, three of which were written especially for this edition, this volume covers the necessary theories for understanding moral issues in a global context.

Moral Issues in Global Perspective is available in three separate volumes—Moral and Political Theory, Human Diversity and Equality, and Moral Issues.

Comments:

"The great ethical challenge of this century will be how we should live our lives in a global context. This intelligent and broad-ranging collection provides its readers with a rich introduction to a wide range of perspectives about how we might live together as global citizens. There is something here to unsettle everyone's views about the great questions of the day. These volumes provide no simple answers, but they provoke all of us to reconceive our ethical commitments." - Joan Tronto, Hunter College

"Moral Issues in Global Perspective transforms the landscape for the study of ethics by challenging readers to connect the reality of globalization with the theory and practice of ethics. Volume I serves as a timely resource, combining high-caliber, challenging new articles with must-read classics. Koggel's collection is sure to be a leader among the new generation of books in moral, social, and political philosophy." - Sally Scholz, Villanova University

Christine Koggel is a professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. She is also the author of Perspectives on Equality: Constructing a Relational Theory (Rowman & Littlefield) and co-editor of Confidential Relationships: Psychoanalytic, Ethical and Legal Perspectives (Rodopi Press). 

Special Combination Price: Any two volumes of Moral Issues in Global Perspective may be shrink-wrapped together for the discounted price of $69.95, or combine all 3 for $98.95. To order a package, please contact customerservice@broadviewpress.com.

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Table of Contents: [Back to Top]

Preface

Chapter One: Morality

Introduction

Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
Immanuel Kant

Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill 

Ethics: The We and the I
V.F. Cordova  

What does the Different Voice Say? Gilligan's Women and Moral Philosophy
Margaret Urban Walker

Changing Moral Values in Africa: An Essay in Ethical Relativism
Egbeke Aja

Study Questions 

Suggested Readings

Chapter Two: Human Rights 

Introduction

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
United Nations

Human Rights: A Western Construct with Limited Applicability
Adamantia Pollis and Peter Schwab

Globalization and Human Rights
Jay Drydyk

A Buddhist Response to the Nature of Human Rights
Kenneth K. Inada

Reconceiving Rights as Relational
Jennifer Nedelsky

Study Questions

Suggested Readings

Chapter Three: Justice 

Introduction

A Theory of Justice
John Rawls

Libertarianism, Insurance Arguments, and General State Welfare
Richard A. Garner

Care and Justice in the Global Context
Virginia Held

Confucianism, Globalisation and the Idea of Universalism
A.T. Nuyen

Women, Citizenship and Difference
Nira Yuval-Davis

Study Questions

Suggested Readings

Chapter Four: Democracy 

Introduction

Democracy, Philosophy, and Justification
Amy Gutmann

Confucian Value and Democratic Value
Chenyang Li

In Search of Islamic Constitutionalism
Nadirsyah Hosen

Democracy and Its Global Roots: Why Democratization is not the same as Westernization
Amartya Sen

The Influence of the Global Order on the Prospects for Genuine Democracy in the Developing Countries
Thomas W. Pogge

Study Questions

Suggested Readings

Chapter Five: Issues and Applications

Introduction

A Dialogue of the Deaf? New International Attitudes and the Death Penalty in America
Stefanie Grant

Child Labor and Global Inequality: Responsibilities and Policies
Roland Pierik

Reparations and Justice: The Case of Colonialism
Kok-Chor Tan

Justice for South Africa: Restorative Justice and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Jennifer Llewellyn  

Freedom and Democracy in Cuba: A Problem of Understanding
Susan E. Babbitt  

Study Questions

Suggested Readings

Chapter Six: War and Terrorism

Introduction

The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)
Michael Walzer

The Slippery Slope to Preventive War
Neta C. Crawford

A Requiem for Voicelessness: Pakistanis and Muslims in the US
Asma Barlas

Counter-Oppressive Terrorism
Frank Cunningham

Development and the "Global War on Terror"
Antonio Tujan, Audrey Gaughran, and Howard Mollett

Study Questions

Suggested Readings

Acknowledgements