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World Ethics: The New Agenda
Nigel Dower
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Description for World Ethics: The New Agenda
Paperback. Identifies different ways of thinking about ethics, and of thinking ethically about international and global relations. Series: Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
World Ethics: The New Agenda identifies different ways of thinking about ethics, and of thinking ethically about international and global relations. It also considers several theories of world ethics in the context of issues such as war and peace, world poverty, the environment and the United Nations. Key Features: * Rejects the idea of international scepticism and the 'morality of states' * Demonstrates the distinction between a global ethic as a theory and as social reality * Defends the claim that we are world citizens with global duties The second edition has been substantially revised to take account of ... Read more
World Ethics: The New Agenda identifies different ways of thinking about ethics, and of thinking ethically about international and global relations. It also considers several theories of world ethics in the context of issues such as war and peace, world poverty, the environment and the United Nations. Key Features: * Rejects the idea of international scepticism and the 'morality of states' * Demonstrates the distinction between a global ethic as a theory and as social reality * Defends the claim that we are world citizens with global duties The second edition has been substantially revised to take account of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748632718
SKU
V9780748632718
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About Nigel Dower
Nigel Dower is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. Publications include Ethics and Environmental Responsibility (Gower Publishing, 1989) and World Ethics: The New Agenda (1998). He is editor of the series Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics.
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