Boundaries and justice: diverse ethical perspectives

by Hashmi, Sohail H. Miller, David

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Full title :Boundaries and justice : diverse ethical perspectives / edited by David Miller and Sohail H. Hashmi.

Summary

Despite the supreme political and economic significance of boundaries--and ongoing challenges to existing national boundaries--scant attention has been paid to their ethics. This volume explores how diverse ethical traditions understand the political and property rights reflected in territorial and jurisdictional boundaries. It is the first book to bring together thinkers from a range of traditions, both religious and secular, to discuss the ethics of boundaries. Each contributor represents a tradition's views on questions surrounding the use of boundaries to delimit property and political rights. What does it mean to own something? What resources should not be privately owned? What justifies the erection of political boundaries between one people and another? How ''hard'' should such boundaries be? What rights extend to minorities within a state? Should territorial boundaries coincide with social ones? Does national autonomy have an ethical basis, or is it an aspect of modern power politics? Should we aim for a more inclusive community than that afforded by modern nation-states? Cross-chapter dialogue and a substantive conclusion draw out similarities and differences among the traditions represented, traditions that include Christianity, classical liberalism, Confucianism, international law, Islam, Judaism, liberal egalitarianism, and natural law. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Nigel Biggar, Joseph Boyle, Joseph Chan, Russell Hardin, Will Kymlicka, Loren Lomasky, Robert McCorquodale, Richard B. Miller, David Novak, Sulayman Nyang, Michael Nylan, Raul C. Pangalangan, Daniel Philpott, Jeremy Rabkin, Hillel Steiner, M. Raquibuz Zaman, and Noam J. Zohar.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2001.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 367 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780691230931, 0691230935
oclc:on1250486469
LC Classification:BJ1012
Dewey Decimal:172

Christian attitudes toward boundaries: metaphysical and geographical / Richard B. Miller -- The value of limited loyalty: Christianity, the nation, and territorial boundaries / Nigel Biggar -- Toward a liberal theory of national boundaries / Loren Lomasky -- Hard borders, compensation, and classical liberalism / Hillel Steiner -- Territorial boundaries and Confucianism / Joseph Chan -- Boundaries of the body and body politic in early Confucian thought / Michael Nylan -- International law, boundaries, and imagination / Robert McCorquodale -- Territorial sovereignty, command, title, and the expanding claims of the commons / Raul C. Pangalangan -- Islamic perspective on territorial boundaries and autonomy / M. Raquibuz Zaman -- Religion and the maintenance of boundaries: an Islamic view / Sulayman Nyang -- Land and people: one Jewish perspective / David Novak -- Contested boundaries: Judaic visions of a shared world / Noam J. Zohar -- Territorial boundaries: a liberal egalitarian perspective / Will Kymlicka -- Group boundaries, individual barriers / Russell Hardin -- Boundaries, ownership, and autonomy: a natural law perspective / Joseph Boyle -- In defense of reasonable lines: natur…

Subjects

Boundaries -- Ethics Boundaries -- Moral and ethical aspects Droits civils et politiques Ethics ethics (philosophy) Ethiek Ethik frontiere -- etudes diverses Frontières -- Aspect moral Frontières -- Morale Gerechtigkeit Grenze Grenzen Morale PHILOSOPHY -- Political Political ethics Politische Philosophie Property -- Politics and government Territoire national -- Aspect moral