National Responsibility and Global Justice

by David Miller

Book Overview

This book presents a non-cosmopolitan theory of global justice. In contrast to theories that seek to extend principles of social justice, such as equality of opportunity or resources, to the world as a whole, it argues that in a world made up of self-determining national communities, a different conception is needed. The book presents and defends an account of national responsibility which entails that nations may justifiably claim the benefits that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199650713
• ISBN13: 9780199650712
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"