World peace and the human family / Roy Weatherford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weatherford, Roy, 1943-

Series:

Points of conflict.

Points of conflict

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace.

International organization.

Social ethics.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xii, 172 p.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern coverage of world events suggest that war and violence are key to contemporary society. History can convince us that it has ever been so, and many theorist of international relations argue that nothing is likely to change.Roy Weatherford argues that a profound change in social relations is imminent as national sovereignty yields to a democratic world culture, speaking a world language and living as a world wide family - the human family.For too long world peace has seemed a noble but unattainable ideal. Weatherford shows that it is now both economically and politically possible and is therefore our moral duty.

Contents:

chapter 1 World peace as an ideal

chapter 2 World peace as a possibility

chapter 3 World peace as an institution

chapter 4 The human family as an ideal

chapter 5 The human family as a possibility

chapter 6 The human family as an institution

chapter 7 Economic interdependence

chapter 8 Cultural interdependence

chapter 9 Environmental interdependence

chapter 10 What is important?

chapter 11 Who is a person?

chapter 12 Utilitarianism for the family

chapter 13 Conclusion: a family at peace.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-169) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-92396-1

1-134-92397-X

1-280-32882-7

0-203-31577-4

0-203-07278-2

9780203072783

OCLC:

264511197