On Global Justice

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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 term

Mathias Risse is professor of philosophy and public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013 "Risse's On Global Justice is a definitive account of justice as a responsibility extending beyond national borders and international institutions to encompass all human life through shared experience and common humanity... This book is likely to become a primary resource for theorists and participants in global policy and human rights institutions."--Choice "The book ... addresses questions of great importance and offers an original and challenging perspective on how to approach them."--Adam Hosein, Political Science Quarterly "This is an important book. International economic lawyers sensitive to moral and political philosophy should not ignore it. Each of its chapters contains many significant insights... Risse has made a significant contribution."--John Linarelli, Journal of International Economic Law "This book ... displays a scholarly rigor and philosophical depth that renders much of the existing literature in this area obsolete... I have no doubt that this book will come to play a central role in normative theorizing about global justice for some time to come."--Daniel Savery, Political Studies Review "[A] deeply provocative, closely argued, and impressively many-sided book."--Richard Vernon, Perspectives on Politics