资源描述：
《The problem of globaljustice.pdf》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、THOMASNAGELTheProblemofGlobalJusticeIWedonotliveinajustworld.Thismaybetheleastcontroversialclaimonecouldmakeinpoliticaltheory.Butitismuchlessclearwhat,ifany-thing,justiceonaworldscalemightmean,orwhatthehopeforjusticeshouldleadustowantinthedomainofinternationalorglobalinstitu-tions,andinthepo
2、liciesofstatesthatareinapositiontoaffecttheworldorder.Bycomparisonwiththeperplexingandundevelopedstateofthissubject,domesticpoliticaltheoryisverywellunderstood,withmultiplehighlydevelopedtheoriesofferingalternativesolutionstowell-definedproblems.Bycontrast,conceptsandtheoriesofglobaljusticear
3、eintheearlystagesofformation,anditisnotclearwhatthemainquestionsare,letalonethemainpossibleanswers.Ibelievethattheneedforworkableideasabouttheglobalorinternationalcasepresentspoliticaltheorywithitsmostimportantcurrenttask,andevenperhapswiththeoppor-tunitytomakeapracticalcontributioninthelong
4、run,thoughperhapsonlytheverylongrun.ThetheoreticalandnormativequestionsIwanttodiscussarecloselyrelatedtopressingpracticalquestionsthatwenowfaceaboutthelegit-imatepathforwardinthegovernanceoftheworld.Theseare,inevitably,questionsaboutinstitutions,manyofwhichdonotyetexist.Howeverimperfectly,th
5、enation-stateistheprimarylocusofpoliticallegitimacyandthepursuitofjustice,anditisoneoftheadvantagesofdomesticpoliticaltheorythatnation-statesactuallyexist.ButwhenweareThisarticleisbasedontheStorrsLectures,deliveredatYaleLawSchoolinOctober,2004.IamgratefulforcommentsfromBarbaraFried,MichaelGr
6、aetz,ThomasGrey,JanosKis,JohnRoemer,andJedRubenfeld.©byBlackwellPublishing,Inc.Philosophy&PublicAffairs,no.114Philosophy&PublicAffairspresentedwiththeneedforcollectiveactiononaglobalscale,itisveryunclearwhat,ifanything,couldplayacomparablerole.Theconceptofjusticecanbeusedinevaluatingm
7、anydifferentthings,fromthecriminallawtothemarketeconomy.Inabroadsenseoftheterm,theinternationalrequirementsofjusticeincludestandardsgoverningthejustificationandconductofwarandstandardsthatdefinethemostbasichumanrights.Somestandardsofthesetwokindshave
