Can We Justify the Welfare State in an Age of Globalization

Toward Complex Borders

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ID22286089
AuthorsHirohide Takikawa (Osaka City University)
Year2006
Volume92
Issue1
Pages15-27
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchiv für Rechts- und Wirtschaftsphilosophie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0177-1108 • E-ISSN: 2363-5606
PublisherWissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.25162/arsp-2006-0002
OpenAlexW115043149
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

On the one hand, we have a moral principle that we should treat persons equally. We have a moral principle of universality. On the other hand, we have an moral intuition that we have special obligations to our compatriots. We have a moral intuition of particularity. How can we reach equilibrium between universality and particularity? To put it another way, the welfare state assists the national poor. How can we justify favoring our nationals over foreigners? Can we justify the welfare state in an age of globalization? We have two approaches to defend the welfare state. The first approach, the relationship theory, starts from the intuition of particularity; the second approach, the assigned responsibility model, starts from the principle of universality. The refinement of the second approach leads us to a new conception of the world order: complex borders. Personal national boundaries are not simple any longer. Complex borders have been developed to work out the best solutions to various global problems. Globalization urges us to live in an age of complex borders

Economics · Epistemology · Globalization · Intuition · Law and economics · Morality · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare state · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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