What is this thing called Global Justice?

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This second edition has been updated throughout and includes two new chapters: on ethical and moral debates concerning reparations and on global health justice. The chapters on world poverty, human rights, just war, borders, climate justice, and global democracy have also been substantially revised and updated. Centered on real world problems, this textbook helps students to understand that global justice is not only a field of philosophical inquiry but also of practical importance. Each chapter concludes with a helpful summary of the main ideas discussed, study questions and a further reading guide. Cover Endorsement Page Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface to the second edition Chapter 1: Introduction What is global justice and why it matters Global justice as a normative inquiry The distinctiveness of global justice Why global justice matters Justice and ethics Approach and organization Notes Chapter 2: World poverty Utilitarianism Singer’s utilitarian approach Deontological approaches Shue and subsistence as a basic right Duty to alleviate poverty as compensation for harms A duty-based approach Summary Appendix Study questions Notes References Further reading Chapter 3: Global economic equality How to argue for global egalitarianism Justice as fairness Moral arguments for global egalitarianism Associative arguments for global egalitarianism Equality of what? resources versus capability Summary Study questions Notes References Rawls Global egalitarianism Equality of what? Further reading Chapter 4: Global egalitarianism: objections and replies Against egalitarianism as a moral ideal Against globalizing associative arguments The coercion argument The social cooperation argument Assessing the arguments Indirect arguments for egalitarianism: rawls’s law of peoples Summary Study questions Notes References Further reading Chapter 5: Nationalism and patriotic sentiments The problem of nationalism: A liberal nationalism? Is nationalism a value? Patriotism and partiality Cosmopolitanism and nationalism Summary Study questions Note References Liberal nationalism Conational partiality Further reading Chapter 6: The universality of human rights Universal human rights The grounds of the universality of human rights The moral approach The common core approach The institutional approach Reflections Should human rights include liberal rights? Rawls: human rights and toleration Summary Study questions Notes References Further reading Chapter 7: Human rights: the challenge of state sovereignty, culture and gender Human rights versus sovereignty Sovereignty: An instrumental right Sovereignty: A non-instrumental right Culture and human rights Gender and human rights Women’s rights Gender equality as a human right? Culture and gender Summary Study questions Notes References Sovereignty and human rights Culture and human rights Gender rights Further reading Chapter 8: Just wars and humanitarian intervention The moral dimensions of just war Jus ad bellum Just cause Right authority Right intention Proportionality Reasonable chance of success Last resort Jus in bello Jus post bellum The moral equality of combatants Military intervention Permissible intervention The responsibility to protect Summary Study questions Notes References Just war Just intervention Further reading Chapter 9: Borders: immigration, secession and territory The ethics of immigration The case for open borders The case for immigration restrictions Reflections Secession Primary right approach Remedial right only approach Evaluation Territorial rights Lockean right of acquisition Kantian functionalism A cultural right Political self-determination An alternative approach Reflections Summary Study questions Notes References Immigration Secession Territory Further reading Chapter 10: Climate change justice: sharing the burden Climate justice and the right to subsistence Equal per capita emissions The polluter pays principle The beneficiary pays principle The ability to pay principle Other challenges of climate change justice Notes Summary Study questions References Further reading Chapter 11: Global democracy: cosmopolitan versus international The democratic deficit and cosmopolitan democracy Cosmopolitan citizenship Democracy as a state-centric ideal World government? Summary Study questions Notes References Further reading Chapter 12: Global health justice A human right to health? Just global health: Equality or sufficiency? Is health justice special? Global justice in a pandemic Justice and self-interest in extremis: The case of Covid-19 Study questions Notes References Further reading Chapter 13: Reparations: is international reparative justice possible and necessary? Philosophical problem: Who owes whom ? What is reparation? The injustices of colonialism Who and whom? The normative-individualist approach Normative-collectivist approach Reparations of what? Summary Study questions Note References Further reading Chapter 14: Conclusion Bibliography Index