Global Justice Flashcards
he warned the vulnerability of hundreds of skyscrapers to further crashes in 1974
James Sutherland
refers to increasing integration of nations through trade ,investment, transfer of technology, and exchange of ideas and culture
Globalization
worldwide mutual dependence between countries , mutual dependence at a worldwide level
Global Interdependency
Process of moving technology to a novel setting and implementing it there
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
The identification, transfer, and implementation of the most suitable technology for a new set of conditions
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
Actions are morally right within a particular society when (and only because) they are approved by law, custom, or other conventions of that society.
ETHICAL RELATIVISM
not self-certifying. Instead, they are always open to criticism in light of moral reasons concerning human rights, the public good, duties to respect people, and virtues.
Laws and customs
Moral principles have no justified
exceptions and that what is morally
true in one situation is true to
everywhere else
ETHICAL ABSOLUTISM
Moral judgements are and should be made in
relation to factors that vary from situation to
situation, usually making it impossible to
formulate rules that are both simple and
absolute
ETHICAL RELATIONALISM
a moral entitlement that places obligations on other people to treat one with dignity and respect
HUMAN RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS:
- The right to physical movement
- The right to ownership of property
- The right to freedom from torture
- The right to fair trial
- The right from nondiscriminatory treatment
- The right to physical security
- The right to freedom of speech and association
- The right to minimal education
- The right to political participation
- The right to subsistence
agrees that multinational corporations should respect the basic rights of people in the countries where they do business, but he requires more, especially when wealthy countries do business in less economically developed countries
Richard T. De George
it is an expression of conscientious participation
in national defense.
INVOLVEMENT IN WEAPONS WORK
DEFENSE INDUSTRY PROBLEMS
- Unethical business practices
- Waste and cost overruns
- High cost and poor quality
- Technological imperative
- Peacetime secrecy in work of military import
“the proactive use of engineering skills to promote a peaceful and just existence for all people.”
PEACE ENGINEERING
conduct extensive business in more than one country.
Multinational corporations
their operations are spread so thinly around the world that their official headquarters in any one home country
Multinational corporations
is largely incidental and essentially a matter of historical circumstance or of selection based on tax advantages.
host countries
includes both hardware (machines and installations) and technique (technical, organizational, and managerial skills and procedures).
Technology
Appropriate technology also implies that the technology should contribute to and not detract from ________ of the host country by providing for careful stewardship of its natural resources and not degrading the environment beyond its carrying capacity.
sustainable development
a phrase which views a version of ethical relativism, the claim that actions are morally right within a particular society when (and only because) they are approved by law, custom, or other conventions of that society.
“When in Rome do as the Romans do.”
the view that there is more than one justifiable moral perspective
ethical pluralism
