Chapter Nine: Globalization and Social Justice Review

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Chapter NineGlobalization and Social
JusticeReview

• Applying Ethics A Text with Readings (10th ed.)
• Julie C. Van Camp, Jeffrey Olen, Vincent Barry
• Cengage Learning/Wadsworth

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What is Globalization?

• Rapid development of technology, trade, and
  culture that has brought nations together
  physically and symbolically
• Interdependence of national economics
• Improvements in high-speed transportation and
  communication
• Americanization of popular culture around the
  world
• What ethical obligations do we have to people in
  our own country and others?
• What is the impact of technology and rapid change
  on our social an political structures?

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Distributive Justice

• What is an entitlement conception of Justice?
• We are entitled to keep what we earn rightfully
• John Locke
• Robert Nozick
• What is a conception of justice as fairness?
• Distribution of wealth to promote social justice
• John Rawls

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Equality, Need, and Merit

• What is the Equality Principle?
• Everyone ought to end up with an equal share of
  the wealth
• What is the Principle of Need?
• Everyone has an equal right to have economic
  needs satisfied
• What is the Principle of Merit
• Distributing wealth based on who works hardest

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Libertarianism, Welfare Liberalism, Socialism,
and Communism

• What is Libertarianism?
• Nozick all coercion is wrong, including transfer
  payments mandated by government
• What is Welfare liberalism (welfare capitalism)?
• Rawls Supports capitalism, but also supports
  transfer payments to rectify economic injustices
  of capitalism
• What is Socialism?
• Recognition of shared responsibilities provided
  through the tax system (education, health care,
  housing)
• What is Communism?
• Government ownership of means of production

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What We Owe to the Global PoorMathias Risse

• What makes countries rich or poor?
• Geography
• Integration of markets
• Institutions
• What obligations do wealthier nations have to
  extremely poor nations?
• to develop governmental, legal, and cultural
  institutions which enable them to help themselves
• But no further obligations

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Sweatshops and Respect for PersonsDenis G.
Arnold and Norman E. Bowioe

• How is Kants doctrine of respect for persons
  used for analyzing ethical issues in sweatshops
  around the globe?
• What are the duties of multinational
  corporations?
• Respect for the law
• Avoidance of coercion
• Ensure safe working conditions
• Adequate wages
• Are multinational corporations responsible for
  the ethical practices of their subcontractors and
  supplies?

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Illegal Immigrants, Health Care, and Social
ResponsibilityJames F. Dwyer

• How should we analyze health care for illegal
  immigrants?
• In terms of social justice and social
  responsibility
• What do nationalists believe?
• People who have no right to be in a country
  should not have rights to benefits
• What do humanists believe?
• All people have a basic human right to health
  care regardless of where they are

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Female Genital Circumcision and Conventionalist
Ethical RelativismLoretta M. Kopelman

• Should rites of female genital mutilation be
  tolerated, even with cultural approval in some
  communities?
• What do ethical relativists believe?
• They reject the possibility of judging other
  cultures with moral force
• What practices do we know enough to condemn?
• Female mutilation, war, pollution, oppression,
  injustice, aggression