Nunzio Ali
Biographic Data
| ID | 3760852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nunzio Ali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nunzio |
| FAMILY NAME | Ali |
| SIGNATURE | ALI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Catania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8270-978X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Climate Change and Future Generations: Fairness, Political Catastrophe, and the Preservation of Just and Stable Institutions Over Time
This paper argues that anthropogenic climate change poses a fundamental threat to the objective conditions of justice and the stability of future political institutions directly and only indirectly to future individuals. In the spirit of Rawlsian theory, it defends a position of institutional intergenerational sufficientarianism, which holds that the political institutions in which present generations participate have a duty of justice to prevent…
Levando as liberdades econômicas a sério: Um argumento liberal para limitar a desigualdade econômica
No presente artigo, refuto o argumento que uma concepção robusta de liberdades econômicas, que inclua a propriedade produtiva como um direito básico, implica necessariamente no enfraquecimento do compromisso institucional com as exigências distributivas. O propósito do artigo é, portanto, defender a tese exatamente oposta. Se, por um lado, há argumentos válidos para endossar uma concepção robusta de liberdade econômica que é necessária para o ade…
How Rich Should the 1% Be?: Proportional Justice and Economic Inequality
How rich should the 1% be? And, most importantly, when does the distance in economic resources between the richest citizens and ‘us’, the average citizenry, become a concern for justice? This volume explores how excessive economic inequality gives the best-off considerably more political influence than average citizens, thereby violating political equality. It argues that the gap between the best-off and the worst-off should not be reduced becaus…
What can we still learn from the Rawls-Habermas debate? A paradigm of political philosophy for liberal democracies
This article argues about John Rawls' paradigm shift in contemporary political philosophy. In the article, this paradigm is defined as democratic insofar it claims, among other things, to leave enough room for democratic deliberations and citizens’ political autonomy. On this specific issue, Rawls and Habermas dialogue is still particularly fruitful. Both authors believe that contemporary political philosophy must be modest in some relevant theor…
Fair Equality of Opportunity and the Place for Individual Merit in a Liberal Democratic Society
Although equality of opportunity is a fundamental idea of the egalitarian project, there is a continuing controversy about the effective distributive implications of the notion. This paper focuses on this controversy, and maintains that when equality of opportunity is correctly understood, it entails strong distributive implications. In this way, this paper intends to reject the notion that equality of opportunity is associated with a non-institu…
Enlarging Political Imagination: Ideal Types of Social Systems and a Pluralistic Distributive Approach
The background position of this paper is that an excessive economic inequality between the most and the least advantaged citizens in a liberal democracy has a relevant effect on exposing the latter to the risk of material domination. In this respect, this paper argues that even the most sophisticated and ambitious version of the so-called 'insulation strategy' recently proposed by Julia Cagé is an insufficient remedy for the influence of money on…
How much economic inequality is fair in liberal democracies? The approach of proportional justice
The article argues that the possibility of an unlimited gap in income and wealth between the top and bottom segments of society is incompatible with a democratic commitment to political equality. The first section outlines why current distributive and relational approaches are unable to adequately address this problem. The second and third sections introduce the notion of material domination and argue that the only remedy against it is the contai…
A concepção política dos direitos humanos: Algumas Objeções
No atual debate sobre os direitos humanos, a concepção política se mostra atraente em sua habilidade de tentar encontrar soluções às questões e problemas centrais, que a concepção ortodoxa teve dificuldades em solucionar, que ocorre justamente por ela (a formulação política dos direitos humanos) não necessitar de um fundamento moral, que seja independente do reconhecimento estabelecido pelo direito e pela prática internacional. Por um lado, é pre…
Teoria parcial de justiça e estrutura política democrática na teoria de Nussbaum
Neste trabalho defendemos que o progresso da abordagem das capabilities está no desenvolvimento teórico da estrutura política democrática, para tanto, tomaremos como base o modelo normativo de Nussbaum. Primeiramente esta investigação classifica a teoria das capabilities em dois grupos: o modelo top down e o bottom up. Nussbaum tem um tipo de abordagem de “cima para baixo”, na qual inicia construindo uma teoria que parte de questões mais abstrata…
Institutional Interpretation of Human Rights: Critical Remarks
Some scholars believe that only governments or those who uphold governmental policies can be human rights violators. Others argue that private individuals (with no governmental mandate and acting for themselves) are also able to violate human rights. The two positions have come to be known in the literature as the institutional interpretation and the interactional interpretation of human rights respectively. This paper critically analyzes an exem…
Enlarging Political Imagination: Ideal Types of Social Systems and a Pluralistic Distributive Approach
The background position of this paper is that an excessive economic inequality between the most and the least advantaged citizens in a liberal democracy has a relevant effect on exposing the latter to the risk of material domination. In this respect, this paper argues that even the most sophisticated and ambitious version of the so-called 'insulation strategy' recently proposed by Julia Cagé is an insufficient remedy for the influence of money on…
How much economic inequality is fair in liberal democracies? The approach of proportional justice
The article argues that the possibility of an unlimited gap in income and wealth between the top and bottom segments of society is incompatible with a democratic commitment to political equality. The first section outlines why current distributive and relational approaches are unable to adequately address this problem. The second and third sections introduce the notion of material domination and argue that the only remedy against it is the contai…
Institutional Interpretation of Human Rights: Critical Remarks
Some scholars believe that only governments or those who uphold governmental policies can be human rights violators. Others argue that private individuals (with no governmental mandate and acting for themselves) are also able to violate human rights. The two positions have come to be known in the literature as the institutional interpretation and the interactional interpretation of human rights respectively. This paper critically analyzes an exem…
Teoria parcial de justiça e estrutura política democrática na teoria de Nussbaum
Neste trabalho defendemos que o progresso da abordagem das capabilities está no desenvolvimento teórico da estrutura política democrática, para tanto, tomaremos como base o modelo normativo de Nussbaum. Primeiramente esta investigação classifica a teoria das capabilities em dois grupos: o modelo top down e o bottom up. Nussbaum tem um tipo de abordagem de “cima para baixo”, na qual inicia construindo uma teoria que parte de questões mais abstrata…
How much economic inequality is fair in liberal democracies? The approach of proportional justice
The article argues that the possibility of an unlimited gap in income and wealth between the top and bottom segments of society is incompatible with a democratic commitment to political equality. The first section outlines why current distributive and relational approaches are unable to adequately address this problem. The second and third sections introduce the notion of material domination and argue that the only remedy against it is the contai…
A concepção política dos direitos humanos: Algumas Objeções
No atual debate sobre os direitos humanos, a concepção política se mostra atraente em sua habilidade de tentar encontrar soluções às questões e problemas centrais, que a concepção ortodoxa teve dificuldades em solucionar, que ocorre justamente por ela (a formulação política dos direitos humanos) não necessitar de um fundamento moral, que seja independente do reconhecimento estabelecido pelo direito e pela prática internacional. Por um lado, é pre…
How Rich Should the 1% Be?: Proportional Justice and Economic Inequality
How rich should the 1% be? And, most importantly, when does the distance in economic resources between the richest citizens and ‘us’, the average citizenry, become a concern for justice? This volume explores how excessive economic inequality gives the best-off considerably more political influence than average citizens, thereby violating political equality. It argues that the gap between the best-off and the worst-off should not be reduced becaus…
What can we still learn from the Rawls-Habermas debate? A paradigm of political philosophy for liberal democracies
This article argues about John Rawls' paradigm shift in contemporary political philosophy. In the article, this paradigm is defined as democratic insofar it claims, among other things, to leave enough room for democratic deliberations and citizens’ political autonomy. On this specific issue, Rawls and Habermas dialogue is still particularly fruitful. Both authors believe that contemporary political philosophy must be modest in some relevant theor…
Fair Equality of Opportunity and the Place for Individual Merit in a Liberal Democratic Society
Although equality of opportunity is a fundamental idea of the egalitarian project, there is a continuing controversy about the effective distributive implications of the notion. This paper focuses on this controversy, and maintains that when equality of opportunity is correctly understood, it entails strong distributive implications. In this way, this paper intends to reject the notion that equality of opportunity is associated with a non-institu…
Enlarging Political Imagination: Ideal Types of Social Systems and a Pluralistic Distributive Approach
The background position of this paper is that an excessive economic inequality between the most and the least advantaged citizens in a liberal democracy has a relevant effect on exposing the latter to the risk of material domination. In this respect, this paper argues that even the most sophisticated and ambitious version of the so-called 'insulation strategy' recently proposed by Julia Cagé is an insufficient remedy for the influence of money on…
Levando as liberdades econômicas a sério: Um argumento liberal para limitar a desigualdade econômica
No presente artigo, refuto o argumento que uma concepção robusta de liberdades econômicas, que inclua a propriedade produtiva como um direito básico, implica necessariamente no enfraquecimento do compromisso institucional com as exigências distributivas. O propósito do artigo é, portanto, defender a tese exatamente oposta. Se, por um lado, há argumentos válidos para endossar uma concepção robusta de liberdade econômica que é necessária para o ade…
Climate Change and Future Generations: Fairness, Political Catastrophe, and the Preservation of Just and Stable Institutions Over Time
This paper argues that anthropogenic climate change poses a fundamental threat to the objective conditions of justice and the stability of future political institutions directly and only indirectly to future individuals. In the spirit of Rawlsian theory, it defends a position of institutional intergenerational sufficientarianism, which holds that the political institutions in which present generations participate have a duty of justice to prevent…
Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Distributive justice (4 works) · Economic Justice (4 works) · Economics (3 works)