International Society: Diverse Ethical Perspectives
In a time of eroding sovereignty and resurgent nationalism, this collection provides a searching investigation of the moral foundations of the international order. Drawing on diverse philosophical and theological perspectives, the contributors debate the character of international society, the authority of international law and institutions, and the demands of international justice. In a series of philosophical essays, each followed by a critical commentary, the book considers the contributions of legal positivism, natural law, Kantian ethics, contractarian theory, and moral cosmopolitanism to the discussion of law and justice in international society. It also includes commentaries by experts in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic moral theology, and a concluding chapter that compares and contrasts the views presented without seeking to adjudicate their differences.


Because of its comprehensive approach and the diversity of its viewpoints, the volume serves as an introduction to the topic and as a resource for scholars, journalists, policy makers, and anyone else who wants to understand better the range of moral perspectives that underlies discussion of the current international order. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Brian Barry, Chris Brown, John Charvet, Richard Friedman, Robert P. George, Sohail Hashmi, Pierre Laberge, David Miller, David Novak, Max L. Stackhouse, Fernando R. Tesón, and Frederick G. Whelan.

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International Society: Diverse Ethical Perspectives
In a time of eroding sovereignty and resurgent nationalism, this collection provides a searching investigation of the moral foundations of the international order. Drawing on diverse philosophical and theological perspectives, the contributors debate the character of international society, the authority of international law and institutions, and the demands of international justice. In a series of philosophical essays, each followed by a critical commentary, the book considers the contributions of legal positivism, natural law, Kantian ethics, contractarian theory, and moral cosmopolitanism to the discussion of law and justice in international society. It also includes commentaries by experts in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic moral theology, and a concluding chapter that compares and contrasts the views presented without seeking to adjudicate their differences.


Because of its comprehensive approach and the diversity of its viewpoints, the volume serves as an introduction to the topic and as a resource for scholars, journalists, policy makers, and anyone else who wants to understand better the range of moral perspectives that underlies discussion of the current international order. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Brian Barry, Chris Brown, John Charvet, Richard Friedman, Robert P. George, Sohail Hashmi, Pierre Laberge, David Miller, David Novak, Max L. Stackhouse, Fernando R. Tesón, and Frederick G. Whelan.

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International Society: Diverse Ethical Perspectives

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In a time of eroding sovereignty and resurgent nationalism, this collection provides a searching investigation of the moral foundations of the international order. Drawing on diverse philosophical and theological perspectives, the contributors debate the character of international society, the authority of international law and institutions, and the demands of international justice. In a series of philosophical essays, each followed by a critical commentary, the book considers the contributions of legal positivism, natural law, Kantian ethics, contractarian theory, and moral cosmopolitanism to the discussion of law and justice in international society. It also includes commentaries by experts in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic moral theology, and a concluding chapter that compares and contrasts the views presented without seeking to adjudicate their differences.


Because of its comprehensive approach and the diversity of its viewpoints, the volume serves as an introduction to the topic and as a resource for scholars, journalists, policy makers, and anyone else who wants to understand better the range of moral perspectives that underlies discussion of the current international order. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Brian Barry, Chris Brown, John Charvet, Richard Friedman, Robert P. George, Sohail Hashmi, Pierre Laberge, David Miller, David Novak, Max L. Stackhouse, Fernando R. Tesón, and Frederick G. Whelan.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691049724
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/19/1999
Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics , #2
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 7.75(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

David R. Mapel, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is the author of Social Justice Reconsidered. Terry Nardin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is the author of Law, Morality, and the Relations of States (Princeton) and editor of The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious and Secular Perspectives (Princeton). Together they are the coeditors of Traditions in International Ethics.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION David R. Mapel and Terry Nardin

PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS

CHAPTER 1 Legal Positivism as a Theory of International Society Terry Nardin

CHAPTER 2 Legal Positivism and International Society Frederick G. Whelan

CHAPTER 3 Natural Law and International Order Robert P. George

CHAPTER 4 Some Thoughts on Natural Law and International Order Richard B. Friedman

CHAPTER 5 Kant on Justice and the Law of Nations Pierre Laberge

CHAPTER 6 Kantian International Liberalism Fernando R. Teson

CHAPTER 7 International Society from a Contractarian Perspective John Charvet

CHAPTER 8 Contractarian Thought and the Constitution of International Society Chris Brown

CHAPTER 9 International Society from a Cosmopolitan Perspective Brian Barry

CHAPTER 1O The Limits of Cosmopolitan Justice David Miller

PART TWO: THEOLOGICAL COMMENTARIES

CHAPTER 11 Jewish Theology and International Society David Novak

CHAPTER 12 Christianity and the Prospects for a New Global Order Max L. Stackhouse

CHAPTER 13 Islamic Ethics in International Society Sohail H. Hashmi

PART THREE: COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW

CHAPTER 14 Justice, Diversity, and Law in International Society David R. Mapel

INDEX

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