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The Law of Peoples and Global Justice
- 1.0351596 - FLÚ 2011 RIV SK eng J - Journal Article
Hrubec, Marek
The Law of Peoples and Global Justice.
Human Affairs. Roč. 20, č. 2 (2010), s. 135-150. ISSN 1210-3055
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LC06013
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90090514
Keywords : international justice * global justice * Rawls * recognition
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion
The paper deals with the relation of a theory of international justice, specifically John Rawls’s philosophy of the law of peoples, and a theory of global justice. In the first part, the paper outlines Rawls's main theses on the international conception of the law of peoples. The second part concerns a problem found in Rawls's concept of a social contract —contractualism. This problem inadequately approaches the relationship between the individual and the community. The third part deals with the inconsistent arguments in Rawls's principles of justice selected with the aid of social contract. In the fourth part, the paper concentrates on the consequences of these limitations for a socially distributive dimension of justice or as an approach for dealing with disproportionate global inequalities. The last part formulates the causes of the limitations of Rawls's theory of international justice,and points out the need for global social justice.
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