Justice, Community and Dialogue in International Relations

by Richard Shapcott

Overview

This book is concerned with the issue of cultural diversity and international morality. The author asks whether cultural diversity presents an obstacle to the development of ethical codes which could be acceptable to cultures around the world. He argues that the human capacity to engage in conversation and the ability to understand each other despite linguistic and cultural differences can provide the basis for the development of a world-wide, cosmopolitian moral community. Conversation can be a moral act, in which participants treat each other as equals despite their differences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521784474
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/08/2001
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International Relations , #79
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Beyond the cosmopolitan/communitarian divide; 2. Communication and community in interpretative theories of international relations; 3. Emancipation and legislation: the boundaries of conversation in poststructuralism and the critical theory of IR; 4. Philosophical hermeneutics: understanding, practical reasoning and human solidarity; 5. Philosophical hermeneutics and its critics; 6. Towards a thin cosmopolitanism.

Editorial Reviews

Justice, Community, and Dialogue in International Relations is well written and well argued, and makes a provocative contribution to the study of international ethics and community." Perspectives on Politics

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