1: Kindness and Its Limits 2: Compatriots and Strangers 3: Globalization Moralized 4: Global Harm and Global Equity -- The Case of Greenhouse Justice 5: Modern Empire 6: Empire and Obligation 7: Imperial Excess 8: Quasi-Cosmopolitanism 9: Global Social Democracy
Richard Miller is Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University.
Richard Miller has given us a work of great political urgency
concentrating on the political responsibilities of citizens of
wealthy and powerful societies who interact with the worlds poor
through a complex network of transactions and relationships. The
theoretical position he defends is fresh and original and will lead
many readers to reconsider conventional ways of thinking about
global justice. It will also encourage them to engage more deeply
with the literatures of world politics and global political
economy, which inform the argument throughout. No other recent book
on Miller's subject displays a similar combination of philosophical
imagination and deep engagement in the realities of global
political and economic life. * Charles Beitz, Princeton University
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In his attempt to discover what obligations citizens of rich
countries have to those in the developing world, Miller breaks a
new path between radical cosmopolitanism and fair bargaining.
Filled with concrete historical detail as well as philosophizing,
this book is a superb example of applied ethics. Its
recommendations cannot be ignored by those of us who are critical
of American foreign policy, but do not know exactly what
alternative to advocate. The global-warming discussion is
particularly enlightening * John Roemer, Yale University *
Where Miller distinguishes himself is in his political
analysis...The depth of his engagement sets a new standard for
combining rigorous work in applied ethics with a detailed analysis
of world politics, which all those working in international
political theory will be hard pressed to meet. * Joseph Hoover,
International Affairs *
Richard Miller establishes a thesis about global justice that
should have been obvious for a long time ... Among other things,
through his extensive study of the research done on the Iraq War,
the reader will see how the U.S., the paradigm controlling
developed country, has done things to maintain its power, things
considerably out of proportion with the demands of global justice.
Thank you Richard Miller for articulating this point with empirical
and conceptual power! * Joel Dittmer, Philosophy in Review *
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