Showing papers in "Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy in 2020"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address two crucial issues raised by Laborde's superb Liberalism's Religion: where the liberal democratic modern state draws the line between the self-governing...
Abstract: This chapter addresses two crucial issues raised by Laborde’s superb Liberalism’s Religion. The first pertains to where the liberal democratic modern state draws the line between the self-governing...
30 citations
TL;DR: The COVID-19 crisis has served not just to instil fear in the populace but also to highlight the importance of fear as a motivating dynamic in politics as discussed by the authors, and the gradual emergence of political-philosophical...
Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis has served not just to instil fear in the populace but to highlight the importance of fear as a motivating dynamic in politics. The gradual emergence of political-philosophical ...
22 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that geoengineering gives rise to ethical challenges of its own, such as justice, fairness, autonomy and legitimacy, and argue that emotions and art can play an important role in ethical deliberation about geoengineering.
Abstract: Climate change is an urgent problem, requiring ways and approaches to address it. Possible solutions are mitigation, adaptation and deployment of geoengineering. In this article we argue that geoengineering gives rise to ethical challenges of its own. Reflecting on these ethical challenges requires approaches that go beyond conventional, quantitative methods of risk assessment. Quantitative methods leave out important ethical considerations such as justice, fairness, autonomy and legitimacy. We argue that emotions and art can play an important role in ethical deliberation about geoengineering. Emotions can point out what morally matters. We also examine the role that works of art can play. Recently, artists have become involved with risky technologies. We argue that such artworks can contribute to emotional-moral reflection and public deliberation on geoengineering, by making abstract problems more concrete, letting us broaden narrow personal perspectives, exploring new scenarios, and challenging our imagination.
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that age-based discrimination in access to the franchise is justified, without a great deal of argument, and challenge the orthodoxy that age discrimination is justified.
Abstract: Democratic theorists tend to assume, without a great deal of argument, that age-based discrimination in access to the franchise is justified In this paper, I challenge the orthodoxy I argue that
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the case for normative behaviourism is made, a new way of doing political philosophy that tries to turn facts about observable patterns of behaviour, as produced by different polit...
Abstract: This article advances the case for ‘normative behaviourism’ – a new way of doing political philosophy that tries to turn facts about observable patterns of behaviour, as produced by different polit...
14 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, Bui et al. proposed a mission-driven research program on solar geoengineering, also known as solar radiation management (SRM) or climate engineering, with the goal of mitigating the effects of solar radiation on the environment.
Abstract: Over the past decade or so, several commentators have called for mission-driven research programs on solar geoengineering, also known as solar radiation management (SRM) or climate engineering. Bui...
14 citations
TL;DR: The rule of law is a moral ideal that protects distinctive legal values such as generality, equality before the law, the independence of courts, and due process rights as mentioned in this paper, and it is one of the main...
Abstract: The rule of law is a moral ideal that protects distinctive legal values such as generality, equality before the law, the independence of courts, and due process rights. I argue that one of the main...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the distinction between liability and social connection responsibility is discussed, and the authors concur with Young's diagnosis that the distinction can be defined as a "social connection responsibility".
Abstract: In this article, I critically reassess Iris Marion Young's late works, which centre on the distinction between liability and social connection responsibility I concur with Young's diagnosis that s
12 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed that if solar radiation management (SRM) was to be stopped abruptly, temperatures could rise very rapidly with catastrophic consequences. But they did not consider the effects of termination shock.
Abstract: Solar radiation management (SRM) – a form of geoengineering – creates a risk of ‘termination shock’. If SRM was to be stopped abruptly then temperatures could rise very rapidly with catastrophic im...
11 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss how the general and abstract concept of legitimacy applies to international institutions, using the United Nations Security Council as an example, and argue that the evaluation of the legitimacy of international institutions can be improved.
Abstract: This paper discusses how the general and abstract concept of legitimacy applies to international institutions, using the United Nations Security Council as an example. We argue that the evaluation ...
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TL;DR: This paper explored the recent resurgence of realism in the political sciences, questioning its relevance for democratic theory, starting from a critical review of recent works in the field, and concluded that realism has no relevance in democratic theory.
Abstract: This article explores the recent resurgence of realism in the political sciences, questioning its relevance for democratic theory. Starting from a critical review of recent works in the field, the ...
TL;DR: One particularly prominent strand of hate speech theory conceptualizes the harm in hate speech by considering the immediate illocutionary force of a hate speech "act" as discussed by the authors, which appears to be missing fr
Abstract: One particularly prominent strand of hate speech theory conceptualizes the harm in hate speech by considering the immediate illocutionary force of a hate speech ‘act’ What appears to be missing fr
TL;DR: As it is currently legally constituted, the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction over the world's most important military powers (the United States, China and Russia) for the most serious crimes as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: As it is currently legally constituted, the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction over the world’s most important military powers – United States, China and Russia-for the most serious c...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on arguments which suggest that disenfranchising persons on the grounds of incompetence is likely to produce epistemically sub-optimal decisions and suggest three ways in which such decisions can be made.
Abstract: In this article, I focus on arguments which suggest that disenfranchising persons on the grounds of incompetence is likely to produce epistemically sub-optimal decisions. I suggest three ways in wh...
TL;DR: The authors argue that the nation-state is not able to accommodate cultural and political pluralism, as it necessarily aspires for congruence between state anciers and their subjects.
Abstract: Critics and defenders of liberal nationalism often debate whether the nation-state is able to accommodate cultural and political pluralism, as it necessarily aspires for congruence between state an...
TL;DR: The essays collected in this special issue explore what legitimacy means for actors and institutions that do not function like traditional states but nevertheless wield significant power in the glo... as mentioned in this paper,.
Abstract: The essays collected in this special issue explore what legitimacy means for actors and institutions that do not function like traditional states but nevertheless wield significant power in the glo...
TL;DR: The authors elaborates the theory of The Idea of Human Rights by addressing a topic that theory attempts to bracket: international and regional judicialization in the form of international co-ordination.
Abstract: These reflections elaborates the theory of The Idea of Human Rights by addressing a topic that theory attempts to bracket: international and regional judicialization in the form of international co...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider how research and development of solar radiation management (SRM) have been carried out and propose that SRM poses new risks, although it is sometimes proposed as the "lesser evil".
Abstract: Solar radiation management (SRM) has been proposed as a means of mitigating climate change. Although SRM poses new risks, it is sometimes proposed as the ‘lesser evil’. I consider how research and ...
TL;DR: Humanist and political conceptions of human rights disagree about whether human rights are best conceived as either general or associative rights as discussed by the authors.According to humanist conceptions human rights, according to humanism, are...
Abstract: Humanist and political conceptions of human rights disagree about whether human rights are best conceived as either general or associative rights. According to humanist conceptions human rights are...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors support the personal data platform cooperative as a means of bringing about John Rawls's favored institutional realisation of a just society, the property-owning democracy.
Abstract: This paper supports the personal data platform cooperative as a means of bringing about John Rawls’s favoured institutional realisation of a just society, the property-owning democracy. It describe...
TL;DR: In this paper, Lu argues that justice and reconciliation are analytically distinct but both needed after political catastrophes like colonialism, and argues that Lu's analysis can be seen as an extension of ours.
Abstract: In Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics, Lu argues that justice and reconciliation are analytically distinct but both needed after political catastrophes like colonialism. I argue that Lu’s...
TL;DR: One of the potentially most significant objections to a cosmopolitan moral approach charges an essential arrogance: cosmopolitanism disdains particularist moral insights even while it is sai... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: One of the potentially most significant objections to a cosmopolitan moral approach charges an essential arrogance: cosmopolitanism disdains particularist moral insights even while – in what is sai...
TL;DR: A practical theory of human rights should make sense of two claims: a "practice claim" that international human rights can fruitfully be regarded as an existing social practice and an "author... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: A ‘practical’ theory of human rights should make sense of two claims: a ‘practice claim’ – that international human rights can fruitfully be regarded as an existing social practice – and an ‘author...
TL;DR: In this paper, Laborde argues that a liberal state has to be a justifiable state: state action can only be legitimate if it is publicly justified, i.e., it is based on acces...
Abstract: In Liberalism’s Religion, Cecile Laborde argues that a liberal state has to be a justifiable state: state action can only be legitimate if it is publicly justified, that is, if it is based on acces...
TL;DR: Despite an increase in initiatives aimed at enhancing political transparency, democratic states claim the right to withhold information from citizens: classified intelligence and military programs as discussed by the authors, despite an increasing effort to enhance political transparency.
Abstract: Despite an increase in initiatives aimed at enhancing political transparency, democratic states claim the right to withhold information from citizens: classified intelligence and military programs,...
TL;DR: In two recent articles, Hunt has posed questions about raising children as vegans as discussed by the authors and argued that pro-vegan-children parents should compromise with anti-veg parents.
Abstract: In two recent articles, Marcus William Hunt has posed questions about raising children as vegans. In ‘Parental Compromise’, he argues that pro-vegan-children parents should compromise with anti–veg...
TL;DR: Geoengineering is often defined as the ‘deliberate large scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change’ (The Royal Society, 2009, p. 1).
Abstract: Geoengineering is often defined as the ‘deliberate large scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change’ (The Royal Society, 2009, p. 1).1 The two main a...
TL;DR: Contemporary versions of natural rights libertarianism trace their locus classicus to Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia as discussed by the authors. But although there have been many criticisms of the version of poli...
Abstract: Contemporary versions of natural rights libertarianism trace their locus classicus to Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia. But although there have been many criticisms of the version of poli...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that many liberals have been immodest in postulating that their own progressive, secular liberalism is the only one that can be justified in public reason.
Abstract: Many liberals have been immodest in postulating that their own progressive, secular liberalism is the only one that can be justified in public reason. In Liberalism’s Religion, I articulate a more ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the legitimacy of military rule in the aftermath of armed conflicts by using the theoretical resource of the theoretical resources of occupation and occupation, and propose a method to evaluate the legal legitimacy of occupation.
Abstract: So far, most of the philosophical literature on occupations has tried to assess the legitimacy of military rule in the aftermath of armed conflicts by exclusively employing the theoretical resource...