Beyond Blood Oil

Philosophy, Policy, and the Future

Leif Wenar; Michael Blake; Aaron James; Christopher Kutz; Nazrin Mehdiyeva and Anna Stilz

Leif Wenar’s 2016 book Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World argues that much of the conflict, suffering, and injustice in the world is driven by an archaic rule in global trade that forces consumers to fund oppression and corruption. This oil curse is a major threat to global peace and stability. Wenar sets out Clean Trade policies to lift the oil curse through national legislation that affirms democratic principles.

In Beyond Blood Oil, Wenar summarizes and extends his views, setting the stage for five essays from first-class critics from the fields of political theory, philosophy, and energy politics. Wenar replies vigorously and frankly to the critics, making the volume the scene of a highly energetic debate that will benefit all scholars, students, and global citizens interested in global justice, international security, oil politics, fair trade, climate change, and progressive reforms.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 206 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½

978-1-5381-1209-0 • Hardback • September 2018 • $98.00 • (£75.00)

978-1-5381-1210-6 • Paperback • September 2018 • $38.00 • (£30.00)

978-1-5381-1211-3 • eBook • September 2018 • $36.00 • (£30.00)

Series: Explorations in Contemporary Social-Political Philosophy

Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy

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Philosophy, Policy, and the Future

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Leif Wenar’s 2016 book Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World argues that much of the conflict, suffering, and injustice in the world is driven by an archaic rule in global trade that forces consumers to fund oppression and corruption. This oil curse is a major threat to global peace and stability. Wenar sets out Clean Trade policies to lift the oil curse through national legislation that affirms democratic principles.

In Beyond Blood Oil, Wenar summarizes and extends his views, setting the stage for five essays from first-class critics from the fields of political theory, philosophy, and energy politics. Wenar replies vigorously and frankly to the critics, making the volume the scene of a highly energetic debate that will benefit all scholars, students, and global citizens interested in global justice, international security, oil politics, fair trade, climate change, and progressive reforms.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 206 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½

978-1-5381-1209-0 • Hardback • September 2018 • $98.00 • (£75.00)

978-1-5381-1210-6 • Paperback • September 2018 • $38.00 • (£30.00)

978-1-5381-1211-3 • eBook • September 2018 • $36.00 • (£30.00)

Series: Explorations in Contemporary Social-Political Philosophy

Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy

Author

Leif Wenar is chair of philosophy and law at King’s College London. Michael Blake is professor of philosophy, public policy, and governance at the University of Washington. Aaron James is professor of philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Christopher Kutz is C. William Maxeiner Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Nazrin Mehdiyeva is an independent scholar, consultant, and specialist in energy security and geopolitics. Anna Stilz is Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.

Reviews

Beyond Blood Oil is a compelling book with new insights. Clean energy is both essential for healthy global ecology and crucial to an effective response to Blood Oil.

— Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University

Leif Wenar and colleagues offer an ingenious proposal for making trade in natural resources morally acceptable. This volume is engaged public philosophy at its very best.

— Debra Satz, Stanford University

Corruption in oil, gas, and mining is rampant across the globe. This ‘must read’ book goes to the core security imperatives for international action and provides vital pathways to progress.
— Frank Vogl, Transparency International, author "Waging War on Corruption"

Leif Wenar’s Blood Oil showed that we are complicit in the purchase of stolen goods, and that this complicity has disastrous consequences. Now, in Beyond Blood Oil, he and his interlocutors take that debate further, probing its foundations as well as its broader ramifications. This is an important book on a crucial issue.
— Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University and author of One World Now