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Justice across Boundaries: Whose Obligations?
Onora O´neill
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Description for Justice across Boundaries: Whose Obligations?
paperback. This book offers an answer to the question: who ought to do what, and for whom, if global justice is to progress? Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Who ought to do what, and for whom, if global justice is to progress? In this collection of essays on justice beyond borders, Onora O'Neill criticises theoretical approaches that concentrate on rights, yet ignore both the obligations that must be met to realise those rights, and the capacities needed by those who shoulder these obligations. She notes that states are profoundly anti-cosmopolitan institutions, and that even those committed to justice and universal rights often lack the competence and the will to secure them, let alone to secure them beyond their borders. She argues for a wider conception of global justice, ... Read more
Who ought to do what, and for whom, if global justice is to progress? In this collection of essays on justice beyond borders, Onora O'Neill criticises theoretical approaches that concentrate on rights, yet ignore both the obligations that must be met to realise those rights, and the capacities needed by those who shoulder these obligations. She notes that states are profoundly anti-cosmopolitan institutions, and that even those committed to justice and universal rights often lack the competence and the will to secure them, let alone to secure them beyond their borders. She argues for a wider conception of global justice, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107538177
SKU
V9781107538177
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99-26
About Onora O´neill
Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, is a former Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge. She sits as a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords and is Emeritus Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. She has published widely on Kant's philosophy and her most recent publications include Acting on Principle, 2nd edition (Cambridge, 2013).
Reviews for Justice across Boundaries: Whose Obligations?
'Onora O'Neill combines the most rigorous philosophical thinking with a rare capacity for judgment in order to address some of the deepest challenges of our age. Her essays are essential reading not only for philosophers and political theorists but for all those concerned about the prospects of justice on our planet.' John Tasioulas, King's College London 'Onora O'Neill's moral and ... Read more