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Cosmopolitan Responsibility. Global Injustice, Relational Equality, and Individual Agency

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dc.creator Heilinger, Jan-Christoph
dc.date 2021-02-11T10:40:20Z
dc.date 2021-02-11T10:40:20Z
dc.date 2020-02-18 15:12:41
dc.date 2020
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-18T19:29:35Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-18T19:29:35Z
dc.identifier 44494
dc.identifier https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/44154
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110612271
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249666
dc.description The world we live in is unjust. Preventable deprivation and suffering shape the lives of many people, while others enjoy advantages and privileges aplenty. Cosmopolitan responsibility addresses the moral responsibilities of privileged individuals to take action in the face of global structural injustice. Individuals are called upon to complement institutional efforts to respond to global challenges, such as climate change, unfair global trade, or world poverty.  Committed to an ideal of relational equality among all human beings, the book discusses the impact of individual action, the challenge of special obligations, and the possibility of moral overdemandingness in order to lay the ground for an action-guiding ethos of cosmopolitan responsibility.  This thought-provoking book will be of interest to any reflective reader concerned about justice and responsibilities in a globalised world.  Jan-Christoph Heilinger is a moral and political philosopher. He teaches at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, and at Ecole normale supérieure, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher De Gruyter
dc.rights open access
dc.subject B1-5802
dc.subject cosmopolitanism
dc.subject global justice
dc.subject social justice
dc.subject equity
dc.subject responsibilty
dc.title Cosmopolitan Responsibility. Global Injustice, Relational Equality, and Individual Agency
dc.resourceType book
dc.alternateIdentifier 9783110612271
dc.alternateIdentifier 10.1515/9783110612271
dc.licenseCondition Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.identifierdoi 10.1515/9783110612271
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dc.relationisbn 9783110612271
dc.pages 267


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