Virtue in Global Governance - Judgment and Discretion

"We live in a normative universe: a world of rules. Those rules can be legal rules, moral rules, sports rules, rules of the game. They can be formal or informal. On the road, we are subject to traffic rules. At home, we are embedded in frameworks set by rules concerning marriage, childcare, education. And when we tell our children how to behave, we tend to refer to rules. In Peter French's pithy formulation: "We teach rules, not lives."--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Ethical challenges; 3. The individual in global governance; 4. Virtue ethics and global governance; 5. On virtue and law; 6. Operationalizing virtue; 7. Understanding governance; 8. Defining governance; 9. Evaluating governance; 10. Epilogue; Sources.

About the author

Jan Klabbers teaches international law at the University of Helsinki, and held the first Academy of Finland Martti Ahtisaari Chair (2013-18). He writes about international law, international organizations, and global ethics, and has held visiting positions at NYU, Sorbonne and the Graduate Institute amongst others.

Summary

Rules cannot determine their own application; instead, they need people of flesh and blood to apply them. Hence, the character traits of those individuals are relevant. This book provides an original virtue-based framework for studying global governance, focusing on individuals in leadership positions and providing practical illustrations.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Klabbers, Jan (University of Helsinki) Klabbers, Klabbers Jan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2022
• EAN: 9781009168489
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0916848-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / International, Public International Law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law