The crisis in global ethics and the future of global governance : fulfilling the promise of the earth charter / edited by Peter Burdon, Klaus Bosselmann, Kirsten Engel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burdon, Peter.

Contributor:

Burdon, Peter, editor.

Bosselmann, Klaus, editor.

Engel, Kirsten, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economic development.

Environmental ethics.

Globalization--Moral and ethical aspects.

Globalization.

Capitalism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"This thought-provoking book stimulates dialogue and action on the role of global ethics in the governance of both individual societies and the international order. Such inquiry is imperative given the extraordinary challenges that face the world today. Calling for a renewed discussion on global ethics, this unique book responds to two seminal texts on global ethics and the promise of the Earth Charter written by J. Ronald Engel whose pioneering work continues to influence the debate over democracy's place in the Anthropocene. It aims to inspire an active movement that can reclaim the moral high ground and motivate the vision of a just, sustainable future. Leading figures in environmental ethics, philosophy and law approach questions surrounding global ethics and governance from a range of cultural and philosophical perspectives. Emphasis is placed on the role that "declarations" such as the Earth Charter can play in this work, alongside the importance of deepening global dialogues. The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance will appeal to students and academics working in the fields of law, philosophy and the social sciences, as well as community groups endorsing the Earth Charter and global initiatives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Editors preface

2. Fulfilling the promise of the Earth Charter

Part I: The call for a new democratic earth covenant

3. Summons to a new axial age: the promise, limits and future of the Earth Charter / J. Ronald Engel

4. Can the Earth Charter movement be renewed?

The covenantal promise of the Earth Charter movement / J. Ronald Engel

Part II: Responses

5. Towards a world constitutional order / Klaus Bosselmann

6. From stardust to sacred sands: protecting life on earth through a human story of ethics, care, and the cosmos / Kathryn A. Gwiazdon

7. The Earth Charter facing the anthropocene epoch / Holmes Rolston III

8. Rethinking global ethics in the anthropocene / Peter D. Burdon

9. Earth law into the anthropocene / Nicholas A. Robinson

10. Governing ecological governance in the anthropocene: a new covenant of eco-communitarianism / Bruce Jennings

11. Promising the earth: the need for Engelian convenant-making in the anthropocene / Brendan Mackey and Nicole Rogers

12. Global ethics and the Earth Charter / Nigel Dower

13. J. Ronald Engel's vision for achieving a sustainable world / Donald A. Brown

14. From the Earth Charter to the ecozoic / Peter D. Brown

15. The quest for democracy / Laura Westra

16. Answering the summons: contemporary prospects for global dialogue / Stephen Rowe

17. Global charters and covenants for the flourishing of life: a subaltern ethical critique / George Zachariah

18. Rewilding the covenant of life with compassion: a future for global and sustainability ethics / William S. Lynn

19. Revisiting the Earth Charter 20 years later: a response to Ron Engel / Richard Falk

20. Keeping faith with life / Prue Taylor

21. Promoting global ethics: the earth trusteeship initiative / Klaus Bosselmann and Prue Taylor

22. Full text of the Earth Charter

23. Author notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78643-087-8