Justice, Community and Dialogue in International Relations

ISBN-13: 9780521784474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 276 str.

Richard Shapcott

Opis

This book is concerned with the issue of cultural diversity and international morality. The author asks whether cultural diversity presents an obstacle to the development of ethical codes which could be acceptable to cultures around the world. He argues that the human capacity to engage in conversation and the ability to understand each other despite linguistic and cultural differences can provide the basis for the development of a world-wide, cosmopolitian moral community. Conversation can be a moral act, in which participants treat each other as equals despite their differences.

Recenzje

Justice, Community, and Dialogue in International Relations is well written and well argued, and makes a provocative contribution to the study of international ethics and community." Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Beyond the cosmopolitan/communitarian divide; 2. Communication and community in interpretative theories of international relations; 3. Emancipation and legislation: the boundaries of conversation in poststructuralism and the critical theory of IR; 4. Philosophical hermeneutics: understanding, practical reasoning and human solidarity; 5. Philosophical hermeneutics and its critics; 6. Towards a thin cosmopolitanism.