Are there any global egalitarian rights?

Brown, Alexander (2008) Are there any global egalitarian rights? Human Rights Review, 9. pp. 435-464. ISSN 1874-6306

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Abstract

This article considers whether or not there are any global egalitarian rights through a critical examination of the political philosophy of Ronald Dworkin. Although Dworkin maintains that equal concern is the special and indispensable virtue of sovereigns and the hallmark of a fraternal political community, it is far from obvious whether the demands of equality stop at state borders. While some scholars in the field—most notably Thomas Pogge—posit the existence of negative rights in relation to social and economic inequalities at the global level, here I try to defend the existence of positive global egalitarian rights by appealing to Dworkin’s own two principles of ethical individualism. I also set out the framework for a version of what I call global luck egalitarianism based on Dworkin’s equality of resources and try to respond to David Miller’s charge that comparative principles of justice do not apply at the global level.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:57
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2023 09:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9848
DOI:	10.1007/s12142-008-0063-5

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