Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Πολιτική ΕπιστήμηLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Author:
Kontaxaki Alexandra
Supervisors info:
Περικλής Βαλλιάνος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ.
Κωνσταντίνος Κουκουζέλης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης
Παντελής Λέκκας, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ.
Original Title:
«Οικουμενική δικαιοσύνη: Η συζήτηση γύρω από τις δυσκολίες επέκτασης της ρωλσιανής Θεωρίας δικαιοσύνης σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα»
Translated title:
"Global justice: The debate on the difficulties in extending the Rawlsian Theory of Justice on a global scale"
Summary:
Twenty-eight years after his magnum opus, A Theory of Justice, John Rawls presented its international expansion, rejecting the view that his theory can - and ought to - apply universally, due to the pervasive impact of global institutions, and to the arbitrary factors that affect the distribution of wealth and our fortunes not only on the domestic but also on the global level. In The Law of Peoples, Rawls endorsed a two-tier approach: different for each society separately and different for international relations, which presuppose the existence of separate societies. The latter work disappointed even Rawls' warmest supporters who were astounded to find that the leading philosopher of egalitarian liberalism did not touch the issue of global inequality. Many commentators attempted to show that Rawls' approach was too moderate, while others agreed with him on the targeting of his international theory. In this paper, we critically address the most prevalent universalist and anti-universalist arguments, trying to answer the question of what John Rawls left out and why, outlining the problems we believe arise from the Rawlsian perspective, and supporting a mild normative version of cosmopolitan social justice.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
global justice, Rawls, law of peoples, mild normative cosmopolitanism
