Do transnational economic effects violate human rights

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ID12866679
AuthorsSaladin Meckled‐garcia (0000-0002-8275-5161, UCL Australia, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume2
Issue3
Pages259-276
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics & Global Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1654-6369 • E-ISSN: 1654-4951
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3402/egp.v2i3.2066
OpenAlexW1988768050
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

Transnational effects are identified as those economic effects which cross state boundaries. Where these effects are negative, as illustrated by the 'transnational case,' it is asked what the appropriate ethical analysis of such a case might be. If we leave aside a social-distributive justice analysis, for reasons given, then a typical move is to claim that transnational economic effects are analyzable as human rights violations. The paper examines this claim and identifies the specific view of human rights which motivates it; the 'outcomes view of human rights.' It is then shown how the outcomes view of human rights ultimately collapses into social-distributive justice-type standards and so suffers from the same problems raised against using those standards for transnational effects. An alternative approach to human rights is sketched, although a complete theory of human rights is not offered. Finally, a different type of justice analysis for transnational cases is offered in which a form of international justice proper is proposed

Aside · Distributive justice · Distributive property · Economic Justice · Fundamental rights · Global justice · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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