THE GLOBALIZATION OF WORLD POLITICS An introduction to international relations Fourth edition John Baylis-Steve Smith-Patricia Owens OXJORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Brief contents List of figures xxvii List of boxes and case studies xxviii List of tables xxxiii About the contributors xxxiv World map Introduction xl 0 John Baylis‚ Steve Smith‚ and Patricia Owens 1 Globalization and global politics 14 Anthony McGrew Part One The historical context 2 The
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The Author Peter Singer mentioned a very important thing in “What Should a Billionaire Give and What should you?” that “in our world today some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not”. That made me think what kind of horrible world do we live in? The author brought up Warren Buffet‚ and Bill Gates a lot due to their generous amount of money they have donated to many different charities. As a matter of fact‚ Bill Gates came across the statistic that half of million children day every year
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After the visit to "Wayne Bradley’s" farm‚ Peter Singer and Jim Mason share some very important information on the experience with farming. Singer and Mason together examine negative impacts that individual Americans food choices have upon farmers‚ they believe should be the basis of dietary basics. The negative effects of much agriculture on animals‚ human health‚ and our environment as they have little faith that the American government will actually take the initiative to force the food industry
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agreed with Peter Singer’s evaluation that globalization brought on by changes and advancements in technology have changed the conversation in regard to the role of the nation-state‚ but he would have disagreed with Singer’s call for the rich nations to‚ in effect‚ police themselves and altruistically manifest a global ethical viewpoint. Instead‚ Marx would have argued for a more violent overthrow of the existing social super-structure. Furthermore‚ Marx would have contended that globalization and the
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properly distributes the prices of college‚ having tuitions proportional to income will increase availability of education and create a caring society. In creating a system such as this‚ many moral and logistical problems come forth. In “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” the author questions how much should someone who is fortunate have to sacrifice to help someone less fortunate‚ and if they truly have to
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In the article “Opinion: Can artificial intelligence be ethical?” published by Project Syndicate‚ professor Peter Singer tries to persuade his readers that with how AI has progressed‚ with its advantages and its unknowns‚ it could result in immoral consequences so we have to try to teach machines how to behave ethically. Singer states that “AlphaGo was designed to win by playing a huge number of games against other programs and adopting the best strategies that proved successful” (par. 3) saying
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LEA D ER S H IP ETH IC S Ethics D ef n i ed From Western tradition development of ethical theory dates back to Plato (427–347 b.c.) and Aristotle (384–322 b.c.). Word ethics -roots from Greek word ethos‚ which translates to customs‚ conduct‚ or character. Ethics D ef n i ed Ethics is concerned with the kinds of values and morals an individual or a society finds desirable or appropriate. with the virtuousness of individuals and their motives. Ethicaltheory provides a system
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“One page reflection on whether we have a borderless world‚ and to the extent w do‚ is it a blessing or otherwise?” Each year‚ the world’s market is growing. The 7 billion human living on Earth is a huge market that every companies in the World want to acquire. . This particular reason makes us tend to a borderless World. But there are still some factors that slow this process‚ like religions‚ cultures‚ laws and so on. In order to increase international trades‚ governments and organizations
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clash of interests between man and beast‚ man of one color and man of another has been going on forever. It is hard to recognize that “All Animals are Equal” simply because everyone is selfish. People will always promote the survival of their own‚ and have prejudice to a different color‚ or species simply because they want to promote their self interest. Though all the discrimination arguments should be handled through utilitarianism: one life equals one life‚ no matter of species‚ more often than not
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Natural Ethics is a theory that is not easily defined because it does not have any delegated principles. Although‚ this theory does not have any set principles the main concept is to essentially tell us how to live. The author of The Ethics of What We Eat‚ Pete Singer‚ takes a utilitarian approach to three major ethical issues: using animals for food‚ the environmental impact of our food‚ and the impact on global poverty. We were tasked with creating principles for the Natural Ethics theory which
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