ISBN:
9781137337979
,
1137337974
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 245 S.
Edition:
1. ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2014 Online-Ressource Palgrave connect. Social sciences
Series Statement:
The future of minority studies
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Souffrant, Eddy M., 1959 - Identity, political freedom, and collective responsibility
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Group identity
;
Liberty
;
Political science Philosophy
;
Responsibility
;
Ethics, Modern 21st century
;
Gruppenidentität
;
Verantwortung
;
Politik
;
Ethik
Abstract:
Introduction PART I: CONCEPTIONS OF IDENTITY 1. Introduction 2. Singular and Collective Identity 3. Linguistic and Racial Identity 4. Using History and Nation to Be 5. From Regional to Global Identity 6. Contextual Identities 7. Oppressive Liberties 8. Emancipatory Identities 9. Composite Identities 10. Whence does a Writer Derive her Sense of Identity? 11. Caribbean Philosophy: In Guise of a Conclusion PART II: LIBERALISM BEYOND BORDERS 1. Philosophy and Contemporary Realities 2. David Held's Cosmopolitan Democracy 3. Sovereignty, Democracy, and Globalization 4. Transnational Ethics, Multiple Appurtenance and Anarchy 5. Informal Democracy 6. Informal Citizens: Immigrants or Refugees 7. Searching Freedoms: Political Representation in Informal Democracies 8. Public Accountability 9. Inclusion and Accountability 10. Toward a Collective Responsibility PART III: ETHICS AND COLLECTIVITY 1. Morality in an Unpredictable World 2. Moral Philosophy in the Present 3. On Being Moral 4. 3 Conceptions of Collective Responsibility 5. Examples of Collective Responsibility in Practice 6. Conclusion PART IV: THOUGHTS ON A CARIBBEAN PHILOSOPHY AND HOW NOT TO DO GLOBAL ETHICS 1. Introduction 2. Africana Cosmopolitanism 3. Allegiance, Global Ideologies, Contemporary Directions 4. Radicalism a la Mode or Outmoded 5. Global Justice 6. Collective Responsibility 7. Conclusion
Abstract:
Eddy M. Souffrant calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy that takes into account the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century, Motivated by the observation that our current social and political theories do not properly account for the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century, this book calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy. Souffrant recognizes that, as it stands, our ethical theories start from a specific conception of the individual. While he believes that this approach has been helpful, he holds however that the contemporary circumstances regarding the way individuals live their lives, their particular interconnectedness and tacit and active participation in the conditions that affect us all, call for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social and political philosophy
Abstract:
Electronic book text. - Epublication based on: 9781137365828, 2013
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1057/9781137337979
