ETHICS IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
Ethics in an Era of Globalization
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Ethics in an Era of Globalization
Edited by
M.S. RONALD COMMERS
Ghent University, Belgium
WIM VANDEKERCKHOVE
Ghent University, Belgium
AN VERLINDEN
Ghent University, Belgium
First published 2008 by Ashgate publishing
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Ethics in an era of globalization. (Ethics and global
politics)
1. Globalization Moral and ethical aspects
I. Commers, Ronald II. Vandekerckhove, Wim III. Verlinden,
An
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ethics in an era of globalization / [edited] by M.S. Ronald Commers, Wim
Vandekerckhove and An Verlinden.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7546-7195-4
1. Globalization-Moral and ethical aspects. I. Commers, M.S. Ronald. II.
Vandekerckhove, Wim. III. Verlinden, An. IV Commers, Ronald.
JZ1318.E8654 2008
172-dc22
2008003957
ISBN 13: 978-0-7546-7195-4 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-138-27637-6 (pbk)
Contents
M.S. Ronald Commers, Wim Vandekerckhove and An Verlinden
Carol C. Gould
Grald Berthoud
Christien van den Anker
Rebecca Todd Peters
M.S. Ronald Commers
Heather Widdows
Nigel Dower
Peter Caws
Asuncin Lera St Clair
Thomas Mertens
An Verlinden
Jzsef Brcz
Grald Berthoud is Emeritus Professor at the Universit de Lausanne, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. He was visiting professor at a number of European universities, as well as at the University of Niamey in Niger. Prof. Berthoud is one of the founders of the Mouvement Anti-Utilitariste dans les Sciences Sociales (MAUSS).
Jzsef Brcz is Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, member of the Scholarly Board of the Institute for Political Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Center for Migration and Development at Princeton University.
Peter Caws is University Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Human Sciences at the George Washington University in Washington, DC.
M.S. Ronald Commers is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Ghent University. He is the director of the Center for Ethics and Value Inquiry as well as Head of the Philosophy and Moral Science Department at Ghent University.
Nigel Dower is Honorary Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen and academic consultant on Cosmopolitan Agendas: exploring ethics in a globalized world. He was President of the International Development Ethics Association 20022006 (IDEA), and is editor of the Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics, Edinburgh University Press.
Carol C. Gould is Professor of Philosophy and Political Science and director of the Center for Global Ethics and Politics at Temple University. She is editor of the Journal of Social Philosophy.
Thomas Mertens is Professor of Legal Philosophy of Law at the Faculty of Law, Radboud University Nijmegen and Professor of Human Rights and Human Responsibilities at the Faculty of Philosophy, Leiden University. In 20032004 he was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Department of Law, European University Institute, Florence.
Rebecca Todd Peters is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University (Elon, NC). She is also a member of the Environmental Studies faculty and offers courses in the Honors program and the Women and Gender Studies programs.
Asuncin Lera St Clair is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Scientific Director of the Bergen Summer Research School on Global Development Challenges, University of Bergen in Norway. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, and Vice President of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA).
Wim Vandekerckhove is Assistant Professor of Practical Ethics at Ghent University and a member of the Center for Ethics and Value Inquiry. He is also the coordinator of the European Business Ethics Network Interest Group on Socially Responsible Investment.
Christien van den Anker is Reader in Politics at the University of the West of England, Bristol, England. She is editor of the Journal of Global Ethics, editor of a book series on global ethics for Palgrave, and convenor of the British International Studies Association Working Group on Global Ethics.
An Verlinden holds Masters degrees in moral science and in criminology. She is a doctoral candidate at the Center for Ethics and Value Inquiry, Ghent University.
Heather Widdows is Acting Director and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham. She is also president of the Global Studies Association.