Debates about global justice have traditionally fallen into two camps.
Statists believe that principles of justice can only be held among
those who share a state. Those who fall outside this realm are merely
owed charity. Cosmopolitans, on the other hand, believe that justice
applies equally among all human beings. On Global Justice shifts the
terms of this debate and shows how both views are unsatisfactory.
Stressing humanity's collective ownership of the earth, Mathias Risse
offers a new theory of global distributive justice--what he calls
pluralist internationalism--where in different contexts, different
principles of justice apply. Arguing that statists and cosmopolitans
seek overarching answers to problems that vary too widely for one
single justice relationship, Risse explores who should have how much
of what we all need and care about, ranging from income and rights to
spaces and resources of the earth. He acknowledges that especially
demanding redistributive principles apply among those who share a
country, but those who share a country also have obligations of
justice to those who do not because of a universal humanity, common
political and economic orders, and a linked global trading system.
Risse's inquiries about ownership of the earth give insights into
immigration, obligations to future generations, and obligations
arising from climate change. He considers issues such as fairness in
trade, responsibilities of the WTO, intellectual property rights,
labor rights, whether there ought to be states at all, and global
inequality, and he develops a new foundational theory of human rights.
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ISBN
9781400845507
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Princeton University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Antall sider
480
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