Moral Geographies: Ethics in a World of Difference

by David M. Smith

This book explores the interface between geography, ethics and morality. It considers questions that have haunted the past, are subjects of controversy in the present, and which affect the future. Does distance diminish responsibility? Should we interfere with the lives of those we do not know? Is there a distinction between private and public space? Which values and morals, if any, are absolute, and which cultural, communal or personal? And are universal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748612785
• ISBN13: 9780748612789
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"