Freedom beyond the threshold
Self-determination, sovereignty, and global justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12866689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ayelet Banai (0000-0002-0577-1838, University of Haifa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24446-24446 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics & Global Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1654-6369 • E-ISSN: 1654-4951 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3402/egp.v8.24446 |
| OpenAlex | W2070618536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
In current debates about global justice, statist and nationalist theories appeal to the right to self-determination in argument against egalitarianism beyond borders, and in general as a reason for caution about substantive international duties of justice, lest the exercise of self-determination would be too tightly constrained. Has self-determination—an important heritage of decolonization—no longer a role to play in the argument against international inequality and disempowerment? In this article, I examine a dominant interpretation of self-determination in the global justice debate, as defended prominently by John Rawls and David Miller and find it wanting. Specifically, two challenges are raised: at the conceptual level this interpretation leaves unclarified the distinction and relationship between sovereignty and self-determination; at the normative level, this interpretation adopts a sufficiency view of international distributive justice that neglects that problem of relative extents and measures of self-determination, beyond the threshold. While the article's argument is mainly of a critical scope, it is suggested that a more robust theoretical account is required of the content of the right of self-determination, and in particular of the freedoms that the right confers to the right-holders in the socioeconomic domains and their extents
Appeal · Argument (complex analysis · Distributive justice · Economic Justice · Egalitarianism · Epistemology · Global justice · Individualism · Interpretation (philosophy · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Primary goods · Self-determination · Sociology · Sovereignty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |