Human rights and equality in the work of David Miller
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12610296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leif Wenar (0000-0002-6885-0592, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-411 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-8230 • E-ISSN: 1743-8772 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698230802415870 |
| OpenAlex | W2115062964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 12 |
David Miller’s position on global justice might be summarised as ‘sufficiency not equality’. Justice may require rich individuals to help poor foreigners, but it does not require equality between rich and poor for its own sake. Miller shares this general stance with many major contemporary figures (Rawls, Nagel, Scanlon, Buchanan, etc.), and shares the same justificatory burdens that this stance carries with it. The general challenge for the ‘sufficiency not equality’ position is to generate an argument that is strong enough to establish the sufficientarian requirements, but whose momentum does not carry the position further into egalitarianism. The philosophical principles that keep Miller’s position stable are not obvious. Indeed, some of the arguments that Miller deploys against global egalitarianism may work to undermine his own sufficientarian position. Deeper explorations will be required to discover whether Miller’s position on global justice will be able to maintain its desired equilibrium
Argument (complex analysis · Economic Justice · Economics · Egalitarianism · Global justice · Law and economics · Miller · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Sociology · Work (physics · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · War, Ethics, and Justification
Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of Equality
Limiting the scope of the weighting model
A rights-based perspective on adaptive capacity
In Defence of Cosmopolitanism
In defence of global egalitarianism
Shared understandings, collective autonomy, and global equality
Justice in context
Taking Account of Violations
Why should it matter that others have more? Poverty, inequality, and the potential of international human rights law
| Citations per year | 0.53 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2015 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |