Boundaries and Justice: Diverse Ethical Perspectives

Published by Princeton University Press 2002

Boundaries and Justice

Diverse Ethical Perspectives

Edited by: Sohail H. Hashmi and David Miller

Volume 4 in the series Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691230931

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About this book

Despite the supreme political and economic significance of boundaries--and ongoing challenges to existing national boundaries--scant attention has been paid to their ethics. This volume explores how diverse ethical traditions understand the political and property rights reflected in territorial and jurisdictional boundaries. It is the first book to bring together thinkers from a range of traditions, both religious and secular, to discuss the ethics of boundaries.

Each contributor represents a tradition's views on questions surrounding the use of boundaries to delimit property and political rights. What does it mean to own something? What resources should not be privately owned? What justifies the erection of political boundaries between one people and another? How ''hard'' should such boundaries be? What rights extend to minorities within a state? Should territorial boundaries coincide with social ones? Does national autonomy have an ethical basis, or is it an aspect of modern power politics? Should we aim for a more inclusive community than that afforded by modern nation-states? Cross-chapter dialogue and a substantive conclusion draw out similarities and differences among the traditions represented, traditions that include Christianity, classical liberalism, Confucianism, international law, Islam, Judaism, liberal egalitarianism, and natural law.

In addition to the editors, the contributors are Nigel Biggar, Joseph Boyle, Joseph Chan, Russell Hardin, Will Kymlicka, Loren Lomasky, Robert McCorquodale, Richard B. Miller, David Novak, Sulayman Nyang, Michael Nylan, Raul C. Pangalangan, Daniel Philpott, Jeremy Rabkin, Hillel Steiner, M. Raquibuz Zaman, and Noam J. Zohar.

Author / Editor information

David Miller is Official Fellow in Social and Political Theory at Nuffield College, Oxford University. He is the author of On Nationality, Principles of Social Justice, and Citizenship and National Identity. Sohail H. Hashmi is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Mount Holyoke College and the editor of State Sovereignty.

Reviews

"This is an excellent volume on an important subject. A number of very highly respected contributors bring a range of perspectives to bear on several carefully framed questions related to boundaries. The book will interest a large number of people, in ethical and political philosophy, international law, political science, and international relations. It is an important contribution to the debate over boundaries and does the rare service of bringing together a wide variety of ethical traditions to bear on the issue."—Margaret Moore, University of Waterloo

"[This] collection of essays is very rich in ideas and in implications. It explores a vital set of questions and ethical concepts. The book leaves me wanting more such volumes that explore the boundaries of justice from varied ethical perspectives."---Dana W. Wilbanks, Journal of the American Academy of Religion

"The subject of this book is an extremely important one. The treatments are good, and the whole is considerably more than its parts. I strongly recommend it."—Lee Yearley, Stanford University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments. Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction David Miller and Sohail H. Hashmi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. Christian Attitudes toward Boundaries Metaphysical and Geographical Richard B. Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Two. The Value of Limited Loyalty Christianity, the Nation, and Territorial Boundaries Nigel Biggar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
Three. Toward a Liberal Theory of National Boundaries Loren Lomasky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Four. Hard Borders, Compensation, and Classical Liberalism Hillel Steiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Five. Territorial Boundaries and Confucianism Joseph Chan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Six Boundaries of the Body and Body Politic in Early Confucian Thought Michael Nylan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Seven. International Law, Boundaries, and Imagination Robert McCorquodale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Eight. Territorial Sovereignty Command, Title, and the Expanding Claims of the Commons Raul C. Pangalangan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Nine Islamic Perspectives on Territorial Boundaries and Autonomy M. Raquibuz Zaman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Ten. Religion and the Maintenance of Boundaries An Islamic View Sulayman Nyang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Eleven. Land and People One Jewish Perspective David Novak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Twelve. Contested Boundaries Judaic Visions of a Shared World Noam J. Zohar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Thirteen. Territorial Boundaries A Liberal Egalitarian Perspective Will Kymlicka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Fourteen. Group Boundaries, Individual Barriers Russell Hardin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Fifteen. Boundaries, Ownership, and Autonomy A Natural Law Perspective Joseph Boyle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
Sixteen. In Defense of Reasonable Lines Natural Law from a Natural Rights Perspective Jeremy Rabkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
Seventeen. The Ethics of Boundaries A Question of Partial Commitments Daniel Philpott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361