Justice at a Distance: Extending Freedom Globally

by Loren E. Lomasky and Fernando R. Tesón

Book Overview

The current global-justice literature starts from the premise that world poverty is the result of structural injustice mostly attributable to past and present actions of governments and citizens of rich countries. As a result, that literature recommends vast coercive transfers of wealth from rich to poor societies, alongside stronger national and international governance. Justice at a Distance, in contrast, argues that global injustice is largely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107536022
• ISBN13: 9781107536029
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"