Identity, Political Freedom, and Collective Responsibility: The Pillars and Foundations of Global Ethics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Collective Identity....Pages 13-17
Common Identity....Pages 19-22
Using History and Nation as Structures of Identity....Pages 23-32
From Regional to Global Identity....Pages 33-38
Créole, Créolité, Créolization....Pages 39-42
Contextual Identities....Pages 43-48
Identity and Social Negotiations....Pages 49-52
Contemporary Options....Pages 53-60
Pineau’s Reminder....Pages 61-64
Caribbean Philosophy....Pages 65-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
The Polity....Pages 73-79
Global Democracy and Sovereign International Agents....Pages 81-83
Lessons for Global Democracy....Pages 85-94
Transnational Ethics....Pages 95-100
Migration....Pages 101-104
Searching for Freedoms....Pages 105-119
Inclusion and Accountability....Pages 121-129
Toward a Collective Responsibility....Pages 131-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Morality in an Unpredictable World....Pages 139-144
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
On Being Moral....Pages 145-153
Three Conceptions of Collective Responsibility....Pages 155-170
Examples of Collective Responsibility in Practice....Pages 171-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Africana Modernity, Global Justice, and Collective Responsibility....Pages 185-191
Allegiance, Global Ideologies, and Contemporary Directions....Pages 193-205
Radicalism à la Mode or Outmoded....Pages 207-214
Collective Responsibility Revisited....Pages 215-219
Back Matter....Pages 221-245