On Global Justice

by Mathias Risse

Book Overview

Debates about global justice have traditionally fallen into two camps. Statists believe that principles of justice can only be held among those who share a state. Those who fall outside this realm are merely owed charity. Cosmopolitans, on the other hand, believe that justice applies equally among all human beings. On Global Justice shifts the terms of this debate and shows how both views are unsatisfactory. Stressing humanity's collective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691142696
• ISBN13: 9780691142692
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"