Pietro Maffettone & David Held 
Global Political Theory 

Philosophers have never shied away from interrogating the nature of our obligations beyond borders. From Hobbes to the international lawyers Grotius, Pufendorf, Vattel, and of course Kant, modern philosophy has always attempted to define the nature and shape of a just international order, and the types of mutual obligations members of different political communities might share. In today’s hyper-connected world, these issues are more important than ever and have been an impetus to a political theory with global scope and aspirations.

Global Political Theory offers a comprehensive and cutting-edge introduction to the moral aspects of global politics today. It addresses foundational aspects of global political theory such as the nature of human rights, the types of distributive obligations that we have toward distant others, the relationship between just war theory and global distributive justice, and the legitimacy of international law and global governance institutions. In addition, it features analyses of key applied moral debates in global politics, including the ethical aspects of climate change, the moral issues raised by the mobility of financial capital, the justness of different international trade regimes, and the implications of natural resource ownership for human welfare and democratic political rule. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this accessible and lively book will be essential reading for students and teachers of political theory, philosophy and international relations.

Table of Content

Preface

David Held and Pietro Maffettone

Editors? Introduction: Globalization, Global Politics and the Cosmopolitan Plateau

David Held and Pietro Maffettone

1. The Nature of Human Rights

Reiner Forst

2 Global Distributive Justice (1): The Statist View

Michael Blake

3 Global Distributive Justice (2): The Cosmopolitan View

Darrell Moellendorf

4 Global Political Justice

Terry Mc Donald

5 The Legitimacy of International Law

David Lefkowitz

6 Legitimacy and Global Governance

David Held and Pietro Maffettone

7 Just War and Global Justice

Laura Valentini

8 The Associativist Account of Killing in War

Seth Lazar

9 Territorial Rights

David Miller and Margareth Moore

10 Natural Resources

Leif Wenar

11 Fairness in Trade

Aaron James

12 The Ethical Aspects of International Financial Integration

Peter Dietsch

13 Political Theory for the Anthropocene

Dale Jamieson and Marcello Di Paola

14 Generations and Global Justice

Axel Gosseries and Danielle Zwarthoed

About the author

David Held is Master of University College, Durham and Professor of Politics and International Relations at Durham University.

Pietro Maffettone is Lecturer in Global Politics and Ethics in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University