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Us before me : ethics and social capital for global well-being / Patricia Illingworth

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2012.Description: xx, 264 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780230314436 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170
Online resources: Summary: "In the last three decades we've experienced increasing "intense moral individualism," and at the same time we've witnessed massive globalization. To some degree, at least, these trends are in opposition and even conflict. Patricia Illingworth explores concepts, structures and institutions that we might develop to make their interactions constructive, rather than destructive, and makes the case that "social capital" is a moral good and that ethics and law can play a vital role in both replenishing our reservoir of social capital, and in sustaining it at higher levels. This short, powerful and passionate book argues that "social capital" should be an essential ethical concept guiding our actions, and explains how one might go about implementing this idea in a positive way"--
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 170 IL BE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0049682

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-248) and index.

"In the last three decades we've experienced increasing "intense moral individualism," and at the same time we've witnessed massive globalization. To some degree, at least, these trends are in opposition and even conflict. Patricia Illingworth explores concepts, structures and institutions that we might develop to make their interactions constructive, rather than destructive, and makes the case that "social capital" is a moral good and that ethics and law can play a vital role in both replenishing our reservoir of social capital, and in sustaining it at higher levels. This short, powerful and passionate book argues that "social capital" should be an essential ethical concept guiding our actions, and explains how one might go about implementing this idea in a positive way"--

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