Fernando R Tesón
Biographic Data
| ID | 1151248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fernando R Tesón |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fernando R |
| FAMILY NAME | Tesón |
| SIGNATURE | TESÓN F R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
International Society
Kantian International Liberalism
Fake Custom
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International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism
This chapter addresses the philosophical status of cultural relativism and outlines the link between human rights law and moral philosophy. Supporters of cultural relativism argue that the theory creates a legal defense to the general duty incumbent upon governments to observe international human rights. The chapter considers two doctrines closely associated with relativism. The first theory asserts that one can appropriately honor human rights i…
Justice at a Distance
The current global-justice literature starts from the premise that world poverty is the result of structural injustice mostly attributable to past and present actions of governments and citizens of rich countries. As a result, that literature recommends vast coercive transfers of wealth from rich to poor societies, alongside stronger national and international governance. Justice at a Distance, in contrast, argues that global injustice is largely…
New essays in political and social philosophy
Enabling Monsters
In this essay I respond to Professor Richard Miller’s article “The Ethics of America’s Afghan War,” Ethics & Int’l Aff., Vol. 25, p. 103, 2011, where he vigorously condemns the United States’ continued counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan. I argue that Professor Miller has failed to make his case. His two claims are empirically dubious and morally objectionable. Miller proposes, first, that the United States withdraw from the country after br…
Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation
In public political deliberation, people will err and lie in accordance with definite patterns. Such discourse failure results from behavior that is both instrumentally and epistemically rational. The deliberative practices of a liberal democracy (let alone repressive or non-democratic societies) cannot be improved so as to overcome the tendency for rational citizens to believe and say things at odds with reliable propositions of social science. …
Rational Ignorance and Political Morality
People frequently advance political proposals in the name of a goal while remaining apparently indifferent to the fact that those proposals, if implemented, would frustrate that goal. Theorists of “deliberative democracy” purport to avoid this difficulty by arguing that deliberation is primarily about moral not empirical issues. We reject this view ( the moral turn ) and propose a method ( The Display Test ) to check whether a political utterance…
Of Tyrants and Empires
Fernando R. Tesón replies to Terry Nardin's critique
Ending Tyranny in Iraq
The war in Iraq has reignited the passionate humanitarian intervention debate. President George W. Bush surprised many observers in his second inaugural address when he promised to oppose tyranny and oppression, and this in a world not always willing or ready to join in that fight. Humanitarian intervention is again on the forefront of world politics
Self-Defense in International Law and Rights of Persons
In War and Self-Defense David Rodin uncovers many flaws of current thinking about war. Rodin correctly points out that the justification of national self-defense goes beyond the justification of individual self-defense. He accurately rejects the standard notion of moral symmetry—the accepted view that both just and unjust warriors can permissibly kill enemies as long as they observe the laws of war. Rodin vindicates the right view: if a war is un…
On Trade and Justice
I agree with many of the theses advanced by Darrel Moellendorf in his important book. The book covers just about every single issue in international ethics: an individualist theory of sovereignty; an essentially Rawlsian philosophical methodology; the justice of immigration and trade controls; the justice of intervention and war; and a theory of global equality of opportunity. Moellendorf proposes a world of liberal separate states (similar to my…
A defence of liberal democracy for Africa
The article counters criticism of liberal democracy in Africa, and proposes that liberal democracy is the best way to address Africa's political and economic problems. It contends that recent democratisation efforts have failed due to the conceptual confusion between majoritarianism and constitutional democracy, where only the latter can ensure freedom and security on the continent. The article goes on to argue for the primacy of individual right…
A Philosophy of International Law
Why should sovereign states obey international law? In this groundbreaking study Fernando Teson argues that an overlapping respect for human rights has created a moral common ground among the countries of the world. It is this common set of values rather than self-interest that ultimately provides legitimacy to international law. Using the tools of moral philosophy Teson analyzes the concepts of sovereignty, intervention, and national interest; t…
A Philosophy of International Law
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 540 - 542
The Rawlsian Theory of International Law
Tesón critiques a recent article by John Rawls in which Rawls extends his acclaimed political theory to include international relations. Tesón first summarizes Rawls' theory and then presents a critique. With this essay, Rawls joins an already vigorous scholarly reaction against traditional state-centered models of international law and relations. When measured against such models, Rawls' theory of international law moves in the right direction i…
Le Peuple, c’est moi! The World Court and Human Rights
This essay examines the discussion of human rights and domestic jurisdiction by the International Court of Justice in the Nicaragua case. Independently of the final verdict about the lawfulness of U.S. help to the contras under principles of either self-defense or humanitarian intervention, the Court’s views on the relationship among human rights, domestic jurisdiction and intervention are wrong in law. Furthermore, the philosophical assumptions …
Ending Tyranny in Iraq
The war in Iraq has reignited the passionate humanitarian intervention debate. President George W. Bush surprised many observers in his second inaugural address when he promised to oppose tyranny and oppression, and this in a world not always willing or ready to join in that fight. Humanitarian intervention is again on the forefront of world politics
A Philosophy of International Law
Why should sovereign states obey international law? In this groundbreaking study Fernando Teson argues that an overlapping respect for human rights has created a moral common ground among the countries of the world. It is this common set of values rather than self-interest that ultimately provides legitimacy to international law. Using the tools of moral philosophy Teson analyzes the concepts of sovereignty, intervention, and national interest; t…
A Philosophy of International Law
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 540 - 542
The Rawlsian Theory of International Law
Tesón critiques a recent article by John Rawls in which Rawls extends his acclaimed political theory to include international relations. Tesón first summarizes Rawls' theory and then presents a critique. With this essay, Rawls joins an already vigorous scholarly reaction against traditional state-centered models of international law and relations. When measured against such models, Rawls' theory of international law moves in the right direction i…
Self-Defense in International Law and Rights of Persons
In War and Self-Defense David Rodin uncovers many flaws of current thinking about war. Rodin correctly points out that the justification of national self-defense goes beyond the justification of individual self-defense. He accurately rejects the standard notion of moral symmetry—the accepted view that both just and unjust warriors can permissibly kill enemies as long as they observe the laws of war. Rodin vindicates the right view: if a war is un…
Of Tyrants and Empires
Fernando R. Tesón replies to Terry Nardin's critique
Rational Ignorance and Political Morality
People frequently advance political proposals in the name of a goal while remaining apparently indifferent to the fact that those proposals, if implemented, would frustrate that goal. Theorists of “deliberative democracy” purport to avoid this difficulty by arguing that deliberation is primarily about moral not empirical issues. We reject this view ( the moral turn ) and propose a method ( The Display Test ) to check whether a political utterance…
A defence of liberal democracy for Africa
The article counters criticism of liberal democracy in Africa, and proposes that liberal democracy is the best way to address Africa's political and economic problems. It contends that recent democratisation efforts have failed due to the conceptual confusion between majoritarianism and constitutional democracy, where only the latter can ensure freedom and security on the continent. The article goes on to argue for the primacy of individual right…
Le Peuple, c’est moi! The World Court and Human Rights
This essay examines the discussion of human rights and domestic jurisdiction by the International Court of Justice in the Nicaragua case. Independently of the final verdict about the lawfulness of U.S. help to the contras under principles of either self-defense or humanitarian intervention, the Court’s views on the relationship among human rights, domestic jurisdiction and intervention are wrong in law. Furthermore, the philosophical assumptions …
The Rawlsian Theory of International Law
Tesón critiques a recent article by John Rawls in which Rawls extends his acclaimed political theory to include international relations. Tesón first summarizes Rawls' theory and then presents a critique. With this essay, Rawls joins an already vigorous scholarly reaction against traditional state-centered models of international law and relations. When measured against such models, Rawls' theory of international law moves in the right direction i…
A Philosophy of International Law
Why should sovereign states obey international law? In this groundbreaking study Fernando Teson argues that an overlapping respect for human rights has created a moral common ground among the countries of the world. It is this common set of values rather than self-interest that ultimately provides legitimacy to international law. Using the tools of moral philosophy Teson analyzes the concepts of sovereignty, intervention, and national interest; t…
A Philosophy of International Law
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 540 - 542
A defence of liberal democracy for Africa
The article counters criticism of liberal democracy in Africa, and proposes that liberal democracy is the best way to address Africa's political and economic problems. It contends that recent democratisation efforts have failed due to the conceptual confusion between majoritarianism and constitutional democracy, where only the latter can ensure freedom and security on the continent. The article goes on to argue for the primacy of individual right…
Self-Defense in International Law and Rights of Persons
In War and Self-Defense David Rodin uncovers many flaws of current thinking about war. Rodin correctly points out that the justification of national self-defense goes beyond the justification of individual self-defense. He accurately rejects the standard notion of moral symmetry—the accepted view that both just and unjust warriors can permissibly kill enemies as long as they observe the laws of war. Rodin vindicates the right view: if a war is un…
On Trade and Justice
I agree with many of the theses advanced by Darrel Moellendorf in his important book. The book covers just about every single issue in international ethics: an individualist theory of sovereignty; an essentially Rawlsian philosophical methodology; the justice of immigration and trade controls; the justice of intervention and war; and a theory of global equality of opportunity. Moellendorf proposes a world of liberal separate states (similar to my…
Of Tyrants and Empires
Fernando R. Tesón replies to Terry Nardin's critique
Ending Tyranny in Iraq
The war in Iraq has reignited the passionate humanitarian intervention debate. President George W. Bush surprised many observers in his second inaugural address when he promised to oppose tyranny and oppression, and this in a world not always willing or ready to join in that fight. Humanitarian intervention is again on the forefront of world politics
Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation
In public political deliberation, people will err and lie in accordance with definite patterns. Such discourse failure results from behavior that is both instrumentally and epistemically rational. The deliberative practices of a liberal democracy (let alone repressive or non-democratic societies) cannot be improved so as to overcome the tendency for rational citizens to believe and say things at odds with reliable propositions of social science. …
Rational Ignorance and Political Morality
People frequently advance political proposals in the name of a goal while remaining apparently indifferent to the fact that those proposals, if implemented, would frustrate that goal. Theorists of “deliberative democracy” purport to avoid this difficulty by arguing that deliberation is primarily about moral not empirical issues. We reject this view ( the moral turn ) and propose a method ( The Display Test ) to check whether a political utterance…
Enabling Monsters
In this essay I respond to Professor Richard Miller’s article “The Ethics of America’s Afghan War,” Ethics & Int’l Aff., Vol. 25, p. 103, 2011, where he vigorously condemns the United States’ continued counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan. I argue that Professor Miller has failed to make his case. His two claims are empirically dubious and morally objectionable. Miller proposes, first, that the United States withdraw from the country after br…
New essays in political and social philosophy
Justice at a Distance
The current global-justice literature starts from the premise that world poverty is the result of structural injustice mostly attributable to past and present actions of governments and citizens of rich countries. As a result, that literature recommends vast coercive transfers of wealth from rich to poor societies, alongside stronger national and international governance. Justice at a Distance, in contrast, argues that global injustice is largely…
Fake Custom
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism
This chapter addresses the philosophical status of cultural relativism and outlines the link between human rights law and moral philosophy. Supporters of cultural relativism argue that the theory creates a legal defense to the general duty incumbent upon governments to observe international human rights. The chapter considers two doctrines closely associated with relativism. The first theory asserts that one can appropriately honor human rights i…
International Society
Kantian International Liberalism
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