Pavlakos, G. (2017) From a pluralism of grounds to proto-legal relations: accounting for the grounds of obligations of justice. Ratio Juris, 30(1), pp. 59-74. (doi: 10.1111/raju.12152)
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Abstract
In this paper I discuss critically Mathias Risse's paper “Responsibility and Global Justice.” First, I argue that for Risse's pluralist account of the grounds of justice to hold together, there is need to presuppose a monist standpoint which ultimately contributes to grounding principles of justice. Second, I point out that Risse's understanding of obligations of accountability and justification is rather narrow in that it functions as an addendum to obligations of justice. Conversely, I will suggest that the obligation of accountability plays a deeper role: The conditions that ground it feature at the same time among the grounds of obligations of justice. Accordingly, the kind of relation that gives rise to a duty among agents to account for their actions must be in place when obligations of justice obtain. Following on from these remarks I will adumbrate an alternative account of the relation which grounds (enforceable) obligations of justice.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Additional Information: | The author would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences through a project on “The Role of the Principle of Proportionality in the Decision-Making Process of Courts” (grant ID: 15-23955S). |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Pavlakos, Professor George |
Authors: | Pavlakos, G. |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Law |
Journal Name: | Ratio Juris |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
ISSN: | 0952-1917 |
ISSN (Online): | 1467-9337 |
Published Online: | 06 February 2017 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Author. Ratio Juris and John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
First Published: | First published in Ratio Juris 30(1): 59-74 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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