States, Nations and Borders
The Ethics of Making Boundaries
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- Editors:
- Allen Buchanan, Duke University, North Carolina
- Margaret Moore, Queen's University, Ontario
- Date Published: July 2003
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521819718
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This volume examines comparatively the views and principles of seven prominent ethical traditions on one of the most pressing issues of modern politics - the making and unmaking of state and national boundaries. The traditions represented are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, natural law, Confucianism, liberalism and international law. Each contributor, an expert within one of these traditions, shows how that tradition can handle the five dominant methods of altering state and national boundaries: conquest, settlement, purchase, inheritance and secession. Written by a distinguished group of international specialists this volume is unique in providing both in-depth normative and comparative perspectives on a troubling question that will offer readers real insight into inter-tradition conflict. Those readers will range from upper-level undergraduates to scholars in such fields as philosophy, political science, international relations and comparative religion.
Read more- Unique perspective on an issue of great interest to political theorists - the ethical foundations for the establishment of states, nations and borders
- Rigorous examination of conquest, settlement, purchase, inheritance and secession
- Unique comparative perspective from seven prominent ethical traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, natural law, Confucianism, liberalism and international law
- High-profile contributors
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'Most collections which deal with issues of this sort bring together a variety of more or less persuasive arguments. This collection, in contrast, will provide people with the means of making much better arguments about the subject. For it brings together in one volume the widest possible range of thinking about these issues. I learned a great deal from reading this volume and so will, I believe, almost everyone else interested in these issues, including those who already possess considerable expertise on the subject … Whatever your interest, whether it is to understand how different people approach boundary controversies or to figure out how to improve one's understanding of them, this collection has something to teach you.' Bernard Yack, University of Wisconsin-Madison
See more reviews'… a more than adequate and well-focused treatment of the ethics of borders from a variety of highly influential traditions.' Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies
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- Date Published: July 2003
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521819718
- length: 376 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 158 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.658kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Allen Buchanan and Margaret Moore
Part I. The Jewish Tradition:
2. Making and unmaking the boundaries of the Holy Land Menachem Lorberbaum
3. Man-made boundaries and man-made holiness in the Jewish tradition Daniel Statman
Part II. The Confucian Tradition:
4. The making and unmaking of boundaries: a contemporary Confucian perspective Daniel Bell
5. Borders of our minds: territories, boundaries, and power in the Confucian tradition L. H. M. Ling
Part III. The Christian Tradition:
6. The Christian tradition Anthony Pagden
7. Christianity and territorial right Reverend Oliver O'Donovan
Part IV. The Natural Law Tradition:
8. The making and unmaking of boundaries from the Natural Law perspective Richard Tuck
9. Natural Law and the re-making of boundaries John Finnis
Part V. The Islamic Tradition:
10. Political boundaries and moral communities: an Islamic perspective Sohail H. Hashmi
11. The unbounded law of God and territorial boundaries Khaled Abou El Fadl
Part VI. The Liberal Tradition:
12. The making and unmaking of boundaries: what liberalism has to say Allen Buchanan
13. Liberalism and boundaries: a response to Allen Buchanan David Miller
Part VI. The International Law Tradition:
14. The making and unmaking of boundaries: international law Andrew Hurrell
15. People and boundaries: an internationalized public law approach Benedict Kingsbury
Part VIII. Conclusion:
16. Overview Margaret Moore.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Political Boundaries: Contested Borders in International Politics
- Secession, Civil War, and the Modern State
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