Political Theory of Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Case for the World State
Routledge (2004)
| Abstract | Could global government be the answer to global poverty and starvation? Cosmopolitan thinkers challenge the widely held belief that we owe more to our co-citizens than to those in other countries. This book offers a moral argument for world government, claiming that not only do we have strong obligations to people elsewhere, but that accountable integration among nation-states will help ensure that all persons can lead a decent life. Cabrera considers both the views of those political philosophers who say we have much stronger obligations to help our co-citizens than foreigners and those cosmopolitans who say our duties are equally strong to each but resist restructuring. He then outlines his own position, using the European Union as a partial model for the integrated alternative and advocating instituting EU-style supranational government, development aid, and free movement of persons in the Americas and other regions. Over time, Cabrera argues that the transformation of the global system into a cohesive network of democratic institutions would help ensure that anyone born anywhere could lead a decent life. This book will appeal to all those interested in political philosophy and the processes and potential of globalization | |||||||||
| Keywords | Cosmopolitanism Social justice Human rights Poverty Moral and ethical aspects International organization | |||||||||
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| Call number | JZ1308.C33 2004 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0415770661 0415700221 9780415700221 9780415770668 | |||||||||
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