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Collste, Göran, Professor
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Collste, G. (2022). Communication of ethics – across cultural boundaries. Diogenes (English ed.), 64(1-2), 11-14
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Communication of ethics – across cultural boundaries
2022 (English)In: Diogenes (English ed.), ISSN 0392-1921, E-ISSN 1467-7695, Vol. 64, no 1-2, p. 11-14Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Is it possible to communicate ethics across cultural borders? Not according to representativesof “the incommensurability thesis”, who claim that values and norms are culturally bounded.This article argues against this thesis. A first problem is that cultures and traditions are seenas comprehensive, delimited, and exclusive. Normally, however, a culture develops from andis in dialogue with other cultures. Further, the inner diversity of cultures and traditions opensthe possibility of communication and shared understandings across cultural borders. Finally, theteaching and discussion of cross-cultural ethics provide practical evidence of the possibility ofdialogue and mutual understanding.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2022
Keywords
ethics; communication; culture; freedom; human rights; contextual values; Amartya Sen
National Category
Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-185997 (URN)10.1177/03921921221080805 (DOI)
Available from: 2022-06-16 Created: 2022-06-16 Last updated: 2023-03-10Bibliographically approved
Collste, G. (2022). ‘Where you live should not determine whether you live’. Global justice and the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Ethics & Global Politics, 15(2), 43-54
Open this publication in new window or tab >>‘Where you live should not determine whether you live’. Global justice and the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
2022 (English)In: Ethics & Global Politics, ISSN 1654-4951, E-ISSN 1654-6369, Vol. 15, no 2, p. 43-54Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In 2020, the world faced a new pandemic. The corona infection hit an unprepared world, and there were no medicines and no vaccines against it. Research to develop vaccines started immediately and in a remarkably short time several vaccines became available. However, despite initiatives for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, vaccines have so far become accessible only to a minor part of the world population. In this article, I discuss the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines from an ethical point of view. I reflect on what ethical principles should guide the global distribution of vaccines and what global justice and international solidarity imply for vaccine distribution and I analyse the reasons for states to prioritize their own citizens. My focus is on ethical reasons for and against ‘vaccine nationalism’ and ‘vaccine cosmopolitanism.’ My point of departure is the appeal for international solidarity from several world leaders, arguing that ‘Where you live should not determine whether you live’. I discuss the COVAX initiative to enable a global vaccination and the proposal from India and South Africa to the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive patent rights for vaccines. In the final section, I argue for global vaccine sufficientarianism, which is a modified version of vaccine cosmopolitanism. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022
Keywords
COVID-19 vaccinations, global justice, international solidarity, COVAX, WHO, WTO, patent rights, vaccine nationalism, vaccine cosmopolitanism, global vaccine sufficientarianism
National Category
Ethics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-184947 (URN)10.1080/16544951.2022.2075137 (DOI)000794868400001 ()
Note

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Available from: 2022-05-13 Created: 2022-05-13 Last updated: 2023-05-02Bibliographically approved
Collste, G. (2021). Ethics and historical justice (1ed.). In: Matilda Keynes, Henrik Åström Elmersjö, Daniel Lindmark, Björn Norlin (Ed.), Historical justice and history education: (pp. 195-212). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ethics and historical justice
2021 (English)In: Historical justice and history education / [ed] Matilda Keynes, Henrik Åström Elmersjö, Daniel Lindmark, Björn Norlin, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 1, p. 195-212Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In relation to three cases of recent claims for rectificatory justice after colonialism; the Caribbean nations’ claims for rectification after slavery and the slave trade, claims of former Mau Mau adherents for rectification for atrocities during the British colonial war in the 1950s and the restitution of African art in French museums, Collste defines the concept of rectificatory justice and discusses pertinent ethical questions raised by the claims for historical justice. Among them are the moral reasons for rectification, the implications of past injustices for present claims for justice, and whether intentions to harm in the past is a necessary requirement for a present duty to rectify. Finally, Collste suggests how historical justice can be taught in school and its importance for historical consciousness.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 Edition: 1
Keywords
Historical justice, history, ethics, history edication
National Category
Humanities and the Arts Humanities and the Arts Ethics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-180486 (URN)9783030704117 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-10-24 Created: 2021-10-24 Last updated: 2022-03-28Bibliographically approved
Collste, G. (2020). Book Review: In the Shadow of Justice. Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy in ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES, vol 27, issue 4, pp 405-406 [Review]. Ethical Perspectives, 27(4), 405-406
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Book Review: In the Shadow of Justice. Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy in ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES, vol 27, issue 4, pp 405-406
2020 (English)In: Ethical Perspectives, ISSN 1370-0049, E-ISSN 1783-1431, Vol. 27, no 4, p. 405-406Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

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Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
PEETERS, 2020
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-180393 (URN)10.2143/EP.27.4.3289452 (DOI)000702888000005 ()
Available from: 2021-10-19 Created: 2021-10-19 Last updated: 2021-11-15
Collste, G. (2020). Book Review: The Habermas-Rawls Debate in ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES, vol 26, issue 4, pp 704-707 [Review]. Ethical Perspectives, 26(4), 704-707
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Book Review: The Habermas-Rawls Debate in ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES, vol 26, issue 4, pp 704-707
2020 (English)In: Ethical Perspectives, ISSN 1370-0049, E-ISSN 1783-1431, Vol. 26, no 4, p. 704-707Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

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Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
PEETERS, 2020
National Category
Ethics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-171802 (URN)000585681000016 ()
Available from: 2020-12-07 Created: 2020-12-07 Last updated: 2020-12-16Bibliographically approved
Collste, G., Hermerén, G., Sahlin, N.-E., Sandlund, M. & Eriksson, L. (2020). Etiska vägval vid en pandemi: Rapport från Statens medicinsk-etiska råd. Stockholm: Statens medicinsk-etiska råd
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Etiska vägval vid en pandemi: Rapport från Statens medicinsk-etiska råd
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2020 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Statens medicinsk-etiska råd, 2020. p. 101
Series
Smer-rapport, ISSN 1101-0398 ; 2020:3
Keywords
Medicinsk etik, Pandemier - etik och moral, SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19
National Category
Medical Ethics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-168916 (URN)9789138250570 (ISBN)
Note

Redaktör: Lotta Eriksson, Statens medicinsk-etiska råd (Smer)

Available from: 2020-09-03 Created: 2020-09-03 Last updated: 2022-12-05Bibliographically approved
Collste, G. (2020). Vad är global rättvisa?. In: Normunds Kamergrauzis (Ed.), Tradition, rättvisa och döden: essäer om det begripliga (pp. 249-271). Stockholm: Stockholms domkyrkoförsamling, Sidorna 249-271
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vad är global rättvisa?
2020 (English)In: Tradition, rättvisa och döden: essäer om det begripliga / [ed] Normunds Kamergrauzis, Stockholm: Stockholms domkyrkoförsamling , 2020, Vol. Sidorna 249-271, p. 249-271Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Stockholms domkyrkoförsamling, 2020
Keywords
Rättvisa
National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-172580 (URN)9789151960562 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-01-14 Created: 2021-01-14 Last updated: 2021-01-14Bibliographically approved
Collste, G. (2019). Cultural Pluralism and Epistemic Injustice. Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics, 13(2), 1-12
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Cultural Pluralism and Epistemic Injustice
2019 (English)In: Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics, ISSN 2570-5857, Vol. 13, no 2, p. 1-12Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

For liberalism, values such as respect, reciprocity, and tolerance should framecultural encounters in multicultural societies. However, it is easy to disregardthat power differences and political domination also influence the culturalsphere and the relations between cultural groups. In this essay, I focus onsome challenges for cultural pluralism. In relation to Indian political theoristRajeev Bhargava, I discuss the meaning of cultural domination and epistemicinjustice and their historical and moral implications. Bhargava argued thatas a consequence of colonialism, “indigenous cultures” were inferiorized,marginalized, and anonymized. Although cultures are often changing dueto external influences, I argue that epistemic injustice implies that a cultureis forced to subjection, disrespected, and considered as inferior and that itthreatens the dominated people’s epistemic framework, collective identity,and existential security. Finally, I refer to John Rawls’s theory of politicalliberalism as a constructive approach to avoid parochialism and Westerncultural domination.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
De Gruyter Open, 2019
Keywords
cultural pluralism; epistemic injustice; liberalism; colonialism; historical justice; globalization; Rajeev Bhargava; John Rawls
National Category
Ethics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-160212 (URN)10.2478/jnmlp-2019-0008 (DOI)
Available from: 2019-09-11 Created: 2019-09-11 Last updated: 2019-09-11Bibliographically approved
Collste, G. (2019). Inledning till etiken (4ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Inledning till etiken
2019 (Swedish)Book (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Inledning till etiken är sedan många år en uppskattad introduktion till etiskt tänkande. Här presenteras på ett inspirerande och klargörande sätt grunderna för etisk argumentation och förhållandet mellan etik och religion. Normativa etiska teorier som utilitarism, pliktetik samt kontrakts- och rättighetsteorier behandlas, liksom etiken inom kristendom, islam och buddhism. I boken diskuteras också aktuella frågor inom tillämpad etik och yrkesetik.

Denna fjärde upplaga har aktualiserats och omarbetats samt försetts med tre nyskrivna kapitel: ett om mänskliga rättigheter, ett om etik och mångkulturalism samt ett om idrott och etik.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019. p. 234 Edition: 4
Keywords
Etik
National Category
Ethics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-159316 (URN)9789144119533 (ISBN)
Available from: 2019-08-07 Created: 2019-08-07 Last updated: 2019-08-13Bibliographically approved
Collste, G. (2019). Kolonialismens spöke vägrar att försvinna. Utrikesmagasinet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Kolonialismens spöke vägrar att försvinna
2019 (Swedish)In: Utrikesmagasinet, , p. 2Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: , 2019. p. 2
National Category
Ethics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-193897 (URN)
Available from: 2023-05-17 Created: 2023-05-17 Last updated: 2023-05-26Bibliographically approved
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