One World : The Ethics of Globalisation
Peter Singer
What are the ethical concerns surrounding globalisation? Peter Singer examines our obligations towards climate change, foreign aid, the International Criminal Court and the World Trade Organization, and asks us to consider what a global ethic could mean. One World is an essential book for our times.
Praise for One World:
‘Timely and thoughtful…Singer grapples with globalization’s thorniest questions.’
New York Times
‘Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influential.’
New Yorker
‘I doubt whether many of us could read this book without changing our minds on many a fundamental matter.’
Canberra Times
‘Singer deals with the big ethical issues of the era.’
Courier-Mail
‘Singer…struggles with the issues of globalization in a rigorously hard-headed manner rarely seen on this topic.’
Washington Monthly
Peter Singer
Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He went to Princeton in 1999 after spending most of his life in Australia. Author or editor of over 25 books on ethics, Singer is best known for Animal Liberation, widely credited with starting the… »
