Identity, political freedom, and collective responsibility : the pillars and foundations of global ethics /
Souffrant, Eddy M., 1959-
Identity, political freedom, and collective responsibility : the pillars and foundations of global ethics / Eddy M. Souffrant. - 1 online resource (260 pages) - Future of minority studies . - Future of minority studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Conceptions of identity -- Collective identity -- Introduction -- Singular and collective identity -- Linguistic and racial identity -- Using history and nation to be -- From regional to global identity -- Contextual identities -- Oppressive liberties -- Emancipatory identities -- Composite identities -- Whence does a writer derive her sense of identity? -- Caribbean philosophy: in guise of a conclusion -- Liberalism beyond borders -- Thoughts of informal democracy, moral prescription, globalization and sovereignty -- Philosophy and contemporary realities -- David held's cosmopolitan democracy -- Sovereignty, democracy, and globalization -- Transnational ethics, multiple appurtenance and anarchy -- Informal democracy -- Searching freedoms : political representation in informal democracies -- Public accountability -- Inclusion and accountability -- Toward a collective responsibility -- Ethics and collectivity -- Morality, unpredictability, and collective responsibility -- Morality in an unpredictable world -- Moral philosophy in the present -- On being moral -- Conceptions of collective responsibility -- Examples of collective responsibility in practice -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Africana modernity, global justice and collective responsibility -- Introduction -- Africana cosmopolitanism -- Allegiance, global ideologies, contemporary directions -- Radicalism a la mode or outmoded -- Global justice -- Collective responsibility -- Conclusion -- Index -- Bibliography.
9781137337979 (e-book)
Group identity.
Liberty.
Political science--Philosophy.
Responsibility.
Ethics, Modern--21st century.
Electronic books.
HM753 / .S68 2013
305.8
Identity, political freedom, and collective responsibility : the pillars and foundations of global ethics / Eddy M. Souffrant. - 1 online resource (260 pages) - Future of minority studies . - Future of minority studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Conceptions of identity -- Collective identity -- Introduction -- Singular and collective identity -- Linguistic and racial identity -- Using history and nation to be -- From regional to global identity -- Contextual identities -- Oppressive liberties -- Emancipatory identities -- Composite identities -- Whence does a writer derive her sense of identity? -- Caribbean philosophy: in guise of a conclusion -- Liberalism beyond borders -- Thoughts of informal democracy, moral prescription, globalization and sovereignty -- Philosophy and contemporary realities -- David held's cosmopolitan democracy -- Sovereignty, democracy, and globalization -- Transnational ethics, multiple appurtenance and anarchy -- Informal democracy -- Searching freedoms : political representation in informal democracies -- Public accountability -- Inclusion and accountability -- Toward a collective responsibility -- Ethics and collectivity -- Morality, unpredictability, and collective responsibility -- Morality in an unpredictable world -- Moral philosophy in the present -- On being moral -- Conceptions of collective responsibility -- Examples of collective responsibility in practice -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Africana modernity, global justice and collective responsibility -- Introduction -- Africana cosmopolitanism -- Allegiance, global ideologies, contemporary directions -- Radicalism a la mode or outmoded -- Global justice -- Collective responsibility -- Conclusion -- Index -- Bibliography.
9781137337979 (e-book)
Group identity.
Liberty.
Political science--Philosophy.
Responsibility.
Ethics, Modern--21st century.
Electronic books.
HM753 / .S68 2013
305.8