Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/170309 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionspapier No. 2008-10
Publisher: 
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsethik, Halle (Saale)
Abstract: 
Drawing on an ordonomic approach, this paper argues that a theory of global justice should incorporate as a pivotal cornerstone a theory of corporate citizenship which constructively addresses business firms as agents of social value creation. We argue that, instead of relying exclusively on arguments of obligation, a theory of global justice should primarily formulate arguments of prudence in order to live up to the fundamental incentive structures that govern modern competitive markets to which we owe much of our last two centuries' moral and material progress. We develop our argument with critical reference to Thomas Pogge's seminal work on global justice.
Subjects: 
Global justice
development cooperation
development ethics
foreign aid
poverty reduction
ordonomics
social dilemma
JEL: 
A12
A13
D02
D63
F02
F35
O40
ISBN: 
978-3-86829-097-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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