The Limits of Constructivism
Can Rawls Condemn Female Genital Mutilation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6402964 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Koppelman (0009-0008-3023-6205, Northwestern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-482 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670509990052 |
| OpenAlex | W1985747421 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
Constructivist political theory, championed most prominently by John Rawls, builds up a conception of justice from the minimal requirements of political life. It has two powerful attractions. It promises a kind of civic unity in the face of irresolvable differences about the good life. It also offers a foundation for human rights that is secure in the face of those same differences. The very parsimony that is its strength, however, deprives it of the resources to condemn some atrocities. Because it focuses on the political aspect of persons, it has difficulty cognizing violence done to those aspects of the person that are not political, preeminently the body. Constructivism thus can be only a part of an acceptable theory of justice
Constructivism (international relations · Epistemology · Female circumcision · Human rights · International relations · Law and economics · Normative · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Reflective equilibrium · Sociology · Value pluralism · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Religious Freedom and Discrimination
Justice as Fairness
The Female Circumcision Controversy
Moral Objectivity and Reasonable Agreement
A Theory of Justice
John Rawls
The Difficulty of Tolerance
On Human Rights
The Fluidity of Neutrality
Back toward a Comprehensive Liberalism
Women and Human Development
Ending Footbinding and Infibulation
Political Objectivity
Female Genital Surgeries
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |