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Dialogic Cosmopolitanism And Global Justice, Eduard Christiaan Jordaan Dec 2010

Dialogic Cosmopolitanism And Global Justice, Eduard Christiaan Jordaan

John N. WILLIAMS

Although the term “cosmopolitan-communitarian debate” never really caught on, a national-global fault line remains prominent in debates about global justice. “Dialogic cosmopolitanism” holds the promise of bridging this alleged fault line by accepting many of the communitarian criticisms against cosmopolitanism and following what can be described as a communitarian path to cosmopolitanism. This article identifies and describes four key elements that distinguish dialogic cosmopolitanism: a respect for difference; a commitment to genuine dialogue; an open, hesitant and self-problematising attitude on the part of the moral subject; and an undertaking to expand the boundaries of moral concern to the point of …


Libertarianism, Karl Widerquist Jan 2008

Libertarianism, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

This is an encyclopedia entry on libertarianism covering right-libertarianism, left-libertarianism, and libertarian socialism.


Immigration And Social Justice, David Ingram Dec 2001

Immigration And Social Justice, David Ingram

David Ingram

Examines cosmopolitan and communitarian approaches to immigration policy against the backdrop of North/South economic disparities, the oil crisis of the 1970s; the growth of indebtedness in the developing world; and disparities in population growth between developed and undeveloped countries.