Darrel Moellendorf
Palgrave Macmillan (Dec. 2009)
http://us.macmillan.com/globalinequalitymatters
About the Book: Global Inequality Matters takes seriously the presumption stated in international human rights documents that all persons possess inherent dignity. The book argues on that basis, and an account of justice as comprising associative duties, that the requirements of global distributive justice condemn existing global inequality. Although recognizing the importance of political equality within the state, the book rejects accounts of egalitarian distributive justice that limit its application to the state. It applies this perspective to several issues, including immigration controls, second language instruction, international labor codes, protectionism, climate change mitigation, and institutions of global taxation.
About the Author: Darrel Moellendorf is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs at San Diego State University. He is also the author of Cosmopolitan Justice and co-editor of Global Justice:Seminal Essays (with Thomas Pogge) and Current Debates in Global Justice (with Gillian Brock).
Contact: dmoellen@mail.sdsu.edu
THE ETHICS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
Antonio Franceschet (editor)
Lynne Rienner (Feb. 2009)
http://rienner.com/title/The_Ethics_of_Global_Governance
About the book: Ethics is treated in this provocative book not as a set of rules, nor as a topic for philosophical discussion, but as an inescapable and necessary aspect of political life.
The authors analyze the ethical controversies that are central to global governance as states and other actors navigate a complex world order. Covering the gamut of fundamental issues—sovereignty, the role of civil society, UN reform, democracy promotion, humanitarian intervention, human security, the global economy, the environment—they offer the reader a deeper understanding of the significance of ethics in the politics of global governance and at the same time provide a fresh perspective on contemporary dilemmas in international relations.
About the author: Antonio Franceschet is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is author of Kant and Liberal Internationalism (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) as well as articles on international theory, ethics, and law in Review of International Studies, European Journal of International Relations, Global Governance, Millennium, Journal of Global Ethics, and Alternatives. He is also Secretary (2008-2010) of the International Ethics Section.
Contact: afrances@ucalgary.ca
Eric A. Heinze, Waging Humanitarian War: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention
Eric A. Heinze
State University of New York Press, (January 2009)
http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61743
About the book: This book seeks to address the subject of humanitarian intervention in a way that permits a synthesis among its ethical, legal and political dimensions. The author examines three separate ethical, legal and political questions that arise in the study of humanitarian intervention: How severe must human suffering be before military intervention is considered? Can there be commensurate legal grounding for such an argument? Which actors are the most appropriate agents of intervention? The book argues that the answers to these questions are fundamentally a function of consequentialist reasoning. Drawing from an eclectic mix of ethical, legal and international relations theory, the author seeks to improve the theoretical clarity and consistency of the literature on humanitarian intervention by beginning with a very straightforward consequentialist principle: that any consideration of waging war for humanitarian purposes must ultimately seek to minimize human suffering. Waging Humanitarian War will be of particular interest to students and researchers of international relations, international ethics, international law and international human rights.
About the author: Eric A. Heinze is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA, and has been a member of the Ethics section since 2008. His articles have been published in various journals, including Global Governance, Political Science Quarterly, Polity, the International Journal of Human Rights, Parameters, the Journal of International Political Theory, and the Journal of Military Ethics. Heinze's current and recent work is on humanitarian military intervention, the politics of genocide, the ethical and legal implications of the Iraq war and the “war on terror,” and the role of non-state actors in armed conflict. His current project is an edited volume (with Brent Steele) titled Ethics, Authority and War: Non-State Actors and the Just War Tradition and is under contract with Palgrave.
Contact: eheinze@ou.edu
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