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National responsibility, global justice and transnational power

National responsibility, global justice and transnational power
National responsibility, global justice and transnational power
This article focuses on David Miller's recent and influential study National Responsibility and Global Justice (2007). After outlining Miller's methodological commitments in the book, the article offers an interpretation of the major aspects of Miller's case against ‘Cosmopolitan egalitarianism’ before focusing especially on the issue of migration and refugees. Here the article argues that while membership of a nation is (under certain conditions) of intrinsic value, it is not the only thing that is of intrinsic value – friendship, family and other practices can also be sources of intrinsic value – nor is it necessarily the most important. It is therefore not clear, the article argues, why an account of global justice that seeks to take seriously the existence of national communities on the grounds of their intrinsic value, should propose rules of justice concerning freedom of movement that entail the de jure privileging of the value of national community over other sources of intrinsic value. The article concludes by assessing how Miller's arguments can support the movement from mere ‘distributivism’ towards political justice, towards an account that more adequately integrates agency, responsibility and power into our account of global justice.
0260-2105
97-112
Owen, David
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Owen, David
9fc71bca-07d1-44af-9248-1b9545265a58

Owen, David (2011) National responsibility, global justice and transnational power. Review of International Studies, 36 (S1), 97-112. (doi:10.1017/S0260210511000118). (In Press)

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This article focuses on David Miller's recent and influential study National Responsibility and Global Justice (2007). After outlining Miller's methodological commitments in the book, the article offers an interpretation of the major aspects of Miller's case against ‘Cosmopolitan egalitarianism’ before focusing especially on the issue of migration and refugees. Here the article argues that while membership of a nation is (under certain conditions) of intrinsic value, it is not the only thing that is of intrinsic value – friendship, family and other practices can also be sources of intrinsic value – nor is it necessarily the most important. It is therefore not clear, the article argues, why an account of global justice that seeks to take seriously the existence of national communities on the grounds of their intrinsic value, should propose rules of justice concerning freedom of movement that entail the de jure privileging of the value of national community over other sources of intrinsic value. The article concludes by assessing how Miller's arguments can support the movement from mere ‘distributivism’ towards political justice, towards an account that more adequately integrates agency, responsibility and power into our account of global justice.

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Accepted/In Press date: 2011

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Local EPrints ID: 186555
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/186555
ISSN: 0260-2105
PURE UUID: 32f8bda5-a06e-44f3-a73c-aedc98f30bbf
ORCID for David Owen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8865-6332

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Date deposited: 13 May 2011 13:22
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:50

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