Philosophy Faculty Work

Title

A Not So Global Ethics: Contradictions in U.S. Global Ethics Education

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Publication Title

Philosophy in the Contemporary World

Volume Number

18

Issue Number

1

DOI

10.5840/pcw20111815

Abstract

This paper traces the ethnocentric structure of U.S.-published anthologies in global ethics and related fields and it examines the ethical and philosophical implications of such ethnocentrism. The author argues that the ethnocentric structure of prominent work in global ethics not only impairs the field's ability to prepare students for global citizenship but contributes to the ideological processes that maintain global inequities. In conclusion, the author makes a case that fuller engagement with global-South and indigenous writers on global issues can encourage U.S. students and scholars to examine more closely the ideologies that order our lives and to risk the kind of selfexamination that is necessary in order to build effective relationships with diverse global communities.

ISSN

1077-1999

First Page

43

Last Page

57

Link Out URL

https://doi.org/10.5840/pcw20111815

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