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THE ETHICS OF CITIZENSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY G...

This collection of essays offers thoughtful discussions of major challenges confronting the
theory and practice of citizenship in a globalized  socially fragmented  and multicultural
world. The traditional concept of citizenship as a shared ethnic  religious  and or cultural
identity has limited relevance in a multicultural world  and even the connection between
citizenship and national belonging has been put in jeopardy by increasing levels of
international migration and mobility  not to mention the pervasive influence of a global
economy and mass media  whose symbols and values cut across national boundaries. Issues
addressed include the ethical and practical value of patriotism in a globalized world  the
standing of conscience claims in a morally diverse society  the problem of citizen complicity
in national and global injustice  and the prospects for a principled acceptance by practising
Muslims of a liberal constitutional order. In spite of the impressive diversity of
philosophical traditions represented in this collection  including liberalism  pragmatism 
Confucianism  Platonism  Thomism  and Islam  all of the volume's contributors would agree that
the crisis of modern citizenship is a crisis of the ethical values that give shape  form  and
meaning to modern social life. This is one of the few edited volumes of its kind to combine
penetrating ethical discussion with an impressive breadth of philosophical traditions and
approaches.Chapters What is the use of an Ethical Theory of Citizenship? and An Ethical Defense
of Citizenship are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License via link.springer.com.

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