Breaking out of the dominance of Anglo-American scholarship, this volume centralises East Asian philosophical traditions to explore cross-cultural perspectives in the field of global justice studies. By bringing together diverse traditions of thinking about justice that contrasts East Asian and Western thinkers’ traditions, it avoids the shortcomings of narrow and one-sided conceptualisations of global justice.A range of contributors from East Asia, Europe, and the US who are conversant with both Western and East Asian philosophical traditions provide a rich engagement with contemporary issues relating to global justice. The book opens with a section devoted to the methodological challenges specific to cross-cultural approaches to justice, including the universalism/particularism debate and the conditions of the possibility of cross-cultural comparisons. Part II explores how major East Asian philosophical traditions—including Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism and Buddhism—consider issues related to global justice. The essays in Part III adopt a cross-cultural and/or comparative perspective on justice, enabling the readers to appreciate similarities and differences between the East Asian and Western perspectives on justice, and to appreciate cultural variation. Key applied issues in global justice, such as epistemic injustice, human rights, women’s rights, nationalism, religious pluralism, coercion, corruption and post-colonial justice, receive full consideration in the final section of this indispensable reference work for understandings of global justice in East Asia specifically and cross-culturally.
Hsin-Wen Lee is Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Delaware, USA.Janusz Salamon is Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
I. GLOBAL JUSTICE: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUESChapter One—A 'Global' Global Justice Theory Thom Brooks Chapter Two—The Metaphysics of Justice: East, West and Beyond James BabbChapter Three—Liberal Toleration, Confucian Societies, and Global Justice Zhuoyao LiChapter Four—Coercion, Legitimacy, and Justice: A Defense of Coercion Accounts of Justice’s Grounds Nicole HassounChapter Five— Pragmatism and Human Rights Jon MandleChapter Six—No Global Justice Without Global Solidarity: Agathological Recognition and Global Value Pluralism Janusz SalamonII. GLOBAL JUSTICE: EAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVESChapter Seven—Justice and Moral Cultivation in Early Confucianism Erin M. Cline Chapter Eight—Which Tian Xia?—Zhao Tingyang’s “Tianxia System” vs. Confucian New Tian Xia Model Tongdong Bai Chapter Nine—Two Ways of Reading All-under-Heaven: Realistic versus Idealistic Roy TsengChapter Ten—A Tentative Chinese Theory of Justice through Philosophical Grammatical Investigation into the “Deviation” of “Zhengyi” from “Justice” Liangjian Liu Chapter Eleven—A Daoist Critique of Justice: Distance and Engagement in the Socio-Political World Daniel Sarafinas and Robin R. WangChapter Twelve—Classical Chinese Legalism and Global Justice Gordon B. MowerIII. GLOBAL JUSTICE: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVESChapter Thirteen—The Architecture of Global Justice: Comparing East Asian and Western Images of Communal Order Aaron StalnakerChapter Fourteen—Vulnerability and Equality: a Confucian Perspective of Global Justice Kuan-Min HuangChapter Fifteen— China and the U.S.: One Ethics or Two—with its Particular Relevance to Climate Change James P. SterbaChapter Sixteen—Global Justice and Western Colonialism Ranjoo Seodu HerrChapter Seventeen—A Cosmopolitan Defense of a Moderate Cosmopolitanism Charles A. GoodmanIV. GLOBAL JUSTICE: APPLIED ISSUESChapter Eighteen—Human Rights in China: A Political and Not a Cultural Issue Heiner RoetzChapter Nineteen—Cultural Nationalism and Just Secession Hsin-Wen LeeChapter Twenty—A Confucian Response to the Distributive Problems of Global Justice Sor-Hoon TanChapter Twenty-One—Global Injustice and Corruption Gillian BrockChapter Twenty-Two—Global Rectificatory Justice Göran Collste
This is a remarkable collection, offering unparalleled insights into global justice through the lens of East Asian philosophical traditions. This comprehensive volume bridges Western and Eastern perspectives, illuminating the rich tapestry of philosophical thought. A must-read for anyone interested in global justice, cultural understanding, and the profound wisdom of East Asian philosophies.