John J Davenport

A League of Democracies

Cosmopolitanism, Consolidation Arguments, and Global Public Goods

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Produktbeschreibung

This work argues for a Democratic League that would provide a legal order capable of uniting the strength and inspiring moral vision of democratic nations to improve international security, stop mass atrocities, and assist developing nations in overcoming corruption and poverty.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781138485228
• ISBN-10: 1138485225
• Artikelnr.: 53488149

Autorenporträt

John J. Davenport is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University in New York City, where he directed the Peace & Justice Studies program from 2014 to 2018. In addition to two monographs on topics in moral psychology, and two co-edited collections on Kierkegaard and virtue ethics, John has published several essays on just war theory, the responsibility to protect, and the idea of democratic federation (as well as other topics in democratic theory). He is now preparing books on a Habermasian argument for a universal right to democracy, justice as stewardship of public capital, the errors of political libertarianism, and the need for a new constitutional convention to fix the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Our Opportunity to Secure a Democratic Future 1. A United
Democratic League as a Cosmopolitan Idea 2. From the Federalists to a
Global Consolidation Argument 3. Market Limits and Global Public Goods 4.
The Failure of the United Nations to Deliver the Original Global Goods 5.
How to Design an Effective League of Democracies 6. Standard Objections,
Alternatives, and Replies to Critics