Global Common Good
Subtitle: Intercultural Perspectives on a Just and Ecological Transformation
Publisher: Campus Verlag GmbH; Campus Verlag
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9783593503189
Subjects: Sustainable development; Common good; Globalization; Environmental policy; Climatic changes
Description: Global challenges such as poverty, climate change, and economic crises are all problems that the global community must face collectively. But in order to do so successfully, we need to engage in a continued intercultural dialogue on alternative approaches to development that are ethically justifiable, politically acceptable, and ecologically sustainable. To this end, the Institute for Social and Development Studies at the Munich School of Philosophy in cooperation with MISEREOR, the German Catholic Bishops’ Organization for Development Cooperation, invited scholars from across the world to define and explore an overarching goal: the global common good. This book represents the product of their efforts; in it, contributors investigate normative ideals, analyze obstacles that prevent the realization of these ideals, and propose paths for global transformation.