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Patrick Riordan - A Grammar of the Common Good: Speaking of Globalization - 9781847060747 - V9781847060747
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A Grammar of the Common Good: Speaking of Globalization

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Description for A Grammar of the Common Good: Speaking of Globalization Hardback.
Patrick Riordan's timely study analyzes the concept of the common good in light of recent heightened interest in globalization.Globalization: the catch-all term used to refer to a complex reality whereby humanity faces global challenges to do with a shared environment - global warming, a global economic order in the absence of significant global governance, international institutions which lack independence from the member states which comprise them, and the possibility of violence, whether using a car- or plane-bomb or nuclear weapons, in the name of whatever cause. Such realities raise major questions about the intellectual and moral resources available to humanity ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847060747
SKU
V9781847060747
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99-5

About Patrick Riordan
Patrick Riordan SJ is Associate Director of the Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life. He teaches political philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, UK. His previous publications include A Politics of the Common Good (Dublin: IPA, 1996).

Reviews for A Grammar of the Common Good: Speaking of Globalization
‘This wise and timely book is a rich resource of ideas about how to apply Aristotelian ethics to modern society and modern life.' Timothy Chappell, Professor of Philosophy, The Open University, UK   ‘Patrick Riordan has tackled an important and neglected task: that of sorting out the various things that might be meant in speaking of 'the common ... Read more

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