Kok-Chor Tan Boeken

The book explores the relationship between cosmopolitanism and nationalism, suggesting that global justice can accommodate nationalist and patriotic commitments. Tan argues that cosmopolitan justice does not have to reject non-impartial values while promoting global egalitarianism. He posits that a nuanced understanding of cosmopolitanism can establish boundaries for nationalist pursuits without undermining their moral significance, advocating for a balance between universal justice and particular loyalties.

What is this thing called Global Justice? explores the core topics covered on the increasingly popular undergraduate modules on global justice including world poverty, economic inequality, nationalism, human rights, humanitarian intervention, immigration, global democracy and governance, climate change, global health and international justice. Centred on real world problems this textbook helps students to understand that global justice is not only a field of philosophical inquiry but also of practical importance.

Kok-Chor Tan addresses three key questions in political philosophy: Where does distributive equality matter? Why does it matter? And among whom does it matter? He argues for an institutional site for egalitarian justice, a luck- egalitarian ideal of why equality matters, and a global scope for distributive justice.