GINS 2000
Ethics and Globalization
Introduction to global ethical issues, focusing on alternative lines of ethical argument. Topics may include poverty and unequal development, climate change, war and terrorism, reparations for colonialism and slavery, international relief services, ill effects of globalization, trafficking and forced labour, democracy and global governance.
2026
Topics
- Jan Ethical Theories 1b: Rationalist 1) Hutchings Ch 2 pp. 34 - 46
- Jan Ethical Theories 2: Alternatives to Hutchings Ch 3 pp. 47-66
- Feb Understanding Globalization Hutchings Ch1: pp. 2 - 4
- Feb Ethics of Global Aid and Required - Hutchings
- Feb Global Distributive Justice Hutchings Ch 5 pp. 102-124
Readings
- [available as an ebook in the library and on Ares reserves free of cost]: Hutchings, Kimberly. Global Ethics : An Introduction. Second edition., Polity, 2018.
- Singer, P. 2016. One World Now: The Ethics of Globalization. New Haven: Yale University Press. Available at Carleton Libraries Sachs, J. et.al. Eds. 2022. Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development. NY: Columbia
- University Press. Available at Carleton Libraries
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing. Lectures two hours a week, tutorials one hour a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- GINS 2000 B ↗2026