This book is about how best to respond to existential global threats posed by war and global heating. In this book, the author bites the bullet and advocates a route to global democracy that passes through a phase where a global state is established in the form of global despotism.
Torbjörn Tännsjö is Emeritus Kristian Claëson Professor of Practical Philosophy.Tännsjö has published extensively in moral philosophy, political philosophy and bioethics. Most recent books are Taking Life. Three Theories on the Ethics of Killing (Oxford University Press, 2015) and Setting Health-Care Priorities. What Ethical Theories Tell Us (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1. The Problem.- Chapter 2. Argument from global heating.- Chapter 3. The argument from war and peace.- Chapter 4. The argument from global justice.- Chapter 5. Does it matter if we go extinct?.- Chapter 6. Democracy.- Chapter 7. From despotism to democracy: a roadmap.- Chapter 8. Is global democracy desirable?.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.