Identity, Political Freedom, and Collective Responsibility: The Pillars and Foundations of Global Ethics (Future of Minority Studies)

Eddy M. Souffrant calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy that takes into account the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Collective Identity....Pages 13-17 Common Identity....Pages 19-22 Using History and Nation as Structures of Identity....Pages 23-32 From Regional to Global Identity....Pages 33-38 Créole, Créolité, Créolization....Pages 39-42 Contextual Identities....Pages 43-48 Identity and Social Negotiations....Pages 49-52 Contemporary Options....Pages 53-60 Pineau’s Reminder....Pages 61-64 Caribbean Philosophy....Pages 65-70 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 The Polity....Pages 73-79 Global Democracy and Sovereign International Agents....Pages 81-83 Lessons for Global Democracy....Pages 85-94 Transnational Ethics....Pages 95-100 Migration....Pages 101-104 Searching for Freedoms....Pages 105-119 Inclusion and Accountability....Pages 121-129 Toward a Collective Responsibility....Pages 131-135 Front Matter....Pages 137-137 Morality in an Unpredictable World....Pages 139-144 Front Matter....Pages 137-137 On Being Moral....Pages 145-153 Three Conceptions of Collective Responsibility....Pages 155-170 Examples of Collective Responsibility in Practice....Pages 171-181 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Africana Modernity, Global Justice, and Collective Responsibility....Pages 185-191 Allegiance, Global Ideologies, and Contemporary Directions....Pages 193-205 Radicalism à la Mode or Outmoded....Pages 207-214 Collective Responsibility Revisited....Pages 215-219 Back Matter....Pages 221-245 Motivated by the observation that our current social and political theories do not properly account for the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century, this book calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy. Souffrant recognizes that, as it stands, our ethical theories start from a specific conception of the individual. While he believes that this approach has been helpful, he holds however that the contemporary circumstances regarding the way individuals live their lives, their particular interconnectedness and tacit and active participation in the conditions that affect us all, call for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social and political philosophy