Read these articles from Week 1:
• From Globalism to Globalization: The Politics of Resistance Links to an external site.
• Globalization, Globalism, and Cosmopolitanism as an Educational Ideal Links to an external site.
• Transnationalism and Anti-globalism Links to an external site.
Read these articles from Week 2:
• Introduction to Global Issues Links to an external site.
• A Global Ethics for a Globalized WorldLinks to an external site.
• Virtue Ethics and Modern SocietyLinks to an external site.
• Classical Stoicism and the Birth of a Global Ethics: Cosmopolitan Duties in a World of Local LoyaltiesLinks to an external site.
Reflect: The change of our world from a local economy to a national economy to a global, international economy means that increasingly diverse populations will have to work together to achieve common goals. However, as the economy becomes increasingly global, local economies and people may suffer economic disadvantage or may find themselves marginalized from the rest of the world. Globalization creates ethical dilemmas for which we will need to find solutions.
Write: For this discussion, address the following prompts:
• Explain the implications (consequences) of globalization.
• Identify at least two ethical issues (questions of right and wrong) that go along with the global societal topic you have chosen for your final essay.
• Explain how globalization contributes to or affects these ethical issues.
• Propose solutions to these ethical issues that are feasible financially, socially, and culturally.
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