The Ethics of Nationalism

by Margaret Moore

Overview

The Ethics of Nationalism blends a philosophical discussion of the ethical merits and limits of nationalism with a detailed understanding of nationalist aspirations and a variety of national conflict zones. The author discusses the controversial and contemporary issues of rights of secession, the policies of the state in privileging a particular national group, the kinds of accommodations of minority national, and multi cultural identity groups that are justifiable and appropriate. These insights are then applied to two central nationalist aspirations: nation-building and national self-determination projects. The discussion of nation-building projects invloves a theory of the appropriate policies and principles that the state should follow in giving preferences to a particular national group. The discussion of national self-determination projets analyses the kind of prodedual right to secession that should be institutionalized in domestic constitutions or international law, and the psooibilities for accomodation rival caims to national recognition in the changing international order.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191522888
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	06/14/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	406 KB

About the Author

Margart Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada

Table of Contents

1. The Ethics of Nationalism
Part One: Membership
2. The Intrinsic Argument (or, Are Nations Moral Communities?)
3. (Beyond) The Cultural Argument
4. Instrumental Arguments, (or, Why States Need Nations)
5. Implications: The Ethics of Nation-Building
Part Two: Land
6. Just-Cause, Administrative Boundaries and the Politics of Denial
7. Self-Determination, Rights to Territory and the Politics of Respect
8. Implications: The Ethics of Secession