Identity, Political Freedom, and Collective Responsibility [electronic resource] : The Pillars and Foundations of Global Ethics /
Souffrant, E.author.
Eddy M. Souffrant calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy that takes into account the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century.
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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 à la mode or outmoded -- Global justice -- Collective responsibility -- Conclusion -- Index -- Bibliography.
Eddy M. Souffrant calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy that takes into account the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century.
Sociology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Ethics.
America-History.
Political science.
Sociology, general.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
History of the Americas.
Political Science.