Values and Justice in the Global Era, Vol. II

VALUES AND JUSTICE IN THE GLOBAL ERA VOLUME II
EDITED BY KONSTANTINE BOUDOURIS

The papers published in the present volume were originally presented at the Eighteenth International Conference of Philosophy which took place from 20th until 27th of July 2006 in the picturesque city of Kavala and in the town of Abdera, the birthplace of the famous philosophers Democritus, Protagoras and of other important Greek thinkers ( Hecataeus etc.) in the Northern Greece.

After the Conference the papers presented underwent a process of amendment which reflected the results of fruitful discussions during the proceedings. The papers are presented in alphabetical order according to the author and all of them deal with the main theme of the Conference, i.e. values and justice in our global era.

The papers deal with the problem of justice in relation to democracy and cosmopolitanism in a globalizing era, with freedom and justice, especially distributive justice, in a cosmopolitan global environment, with the relation of justice to entitlement, rights and self-determination, with the problem of value pluralism in globalization, with personal and individual values in contradistinction to the value of the state, with thick and thin moral concepts and the source of morality and with aesthetic values as exemplified in ancient monuments (palace of Knossos).

The articles in this volume should be studied in conjunction with the papers contained in the other two volume on the philosophy of values and justice, also published by Ionia Publications (Values and Justice in the Global era, Vol. I., Ionia Publications, Athens 2007 and AΞIEΣ KAI ΔIKAIOΣYNH ΣTHN EΠOXH THΣ OIKOYMENIKOTHTAΣ, ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΙΩΝΙΑ, ΑΘΗΝΑ · 2007).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE 9

1. JOHN P. ANTON GLOBALIZING JUSTICE: THE CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY 11

2. NADER N. CHOKR ON JUSTICE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: IN DEFENSE OF 'COSMOPOLITAN PLURALISM 20

3. JOSE CARLOS AVELINO DA SILVA VALUES AND THE DECORATION OF THE PALACE OF KNOSSOS 81

4. VERONIQUE M. FOTI EMPEDOCLES'S PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE AS MANDATING NON-VIOLENCE 91

5. MICHAEL HEYNS MORAL SOURCES 102

6. VASILIKI KARAVAKOU VALUE PLURALISM AND POLITICAL LIBERALISM IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION 111

7. AIKATERINI LEFKA PERSONAL VALUES AND THE CITY: IS THERE STILL SPACE FOR ETHICS IN POLITICS? 126

8. ALEXEI MEDVEDEV A MATERIALISTIC CONNOTATION OF JUSTICE, ENTITLEMENT, RIGHTS AND SOCIETY: ETYMOLOGY, SEMANTIC SHIFT AND COHERENCE 137

9. THOMAS M. ROBINSON ON THE RELATIVE VALUE OF STATE AND INDIVIDUAL IN PLATO 154

10. VICENTE RAGA ROSALENY FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IN THE MODERN STATE AND AGAINST THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION 161

11. JOHN RUSSELL THE PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND FREEDOM 174

12. GEERT VAN CLEEMPUT ALLEN BUCHANAN ON SECESSION IN JUSTICE, LEGITIMACY AND SELF-DETERMINATION 181

INDEX OF NAMES 193

		PREFACE	9
1.	JOHN P. ANTON	GLOBALIZING JUSTICE: THE CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY	11
2.	NADER N. CHOKR	ON JUSTICE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: IN DEFENSE OF 'COSMOPOLITAN PLURALISM	20
3.	JOSE CARLOS AVELINO DA SILVA	VALUES AND THE DECORATION OF THE PALACE OF KNOSSOS	81
4.	VERONIQUE M. FOTI	EMPEDOCLES'S PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE AS MANDATING NON-VIOLENCE	91
5.	MICHAEL HEYNS	MORAL SOURCES	102
6.	VASILIKI KARAVAKOU	VALUE PLURALISM AND POLITICAL LIBERALISM IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION	111
7.	AIKATERINI LEFKA	PERSONAL VALUES AND THE CITY: IS THERE STILL SPACE FOR ETHICS IN POLITICS?	126
8.	ALEXEI MEDVEDEV	A MATERIALISTIC CONNOTATION OF JUSTICE, ENTITLEMENT, RIGHTS AND SOCIETY: ETYMOLOGY, SEMANTIC SHIFT AND COHERENCE	137
9.	THOMAS M. ROBINSON	ON THE RELATIVE VALUE OF STATE AND INDIVIDUAL IN PLATO	154
10.	VICENTE RAGA ROSALENY	FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IN THE MODERN STATE AND AGAINST THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION	161
11.	JOHN RUSSELL	THE PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND FREEDOM	174
12.	GEERT VAN CLEEMPUT	ALLEN BUCHANAN ON SECESSION IN JUSTICE, LEGITIMACY AND SELF-DETERMINATION	181
		INDEX OF NAMES	193