Lifeboat governance on spaceship earth
Lifeboat governance on spaceship earth
In this commentary on Itamar Mann’s rich re-reading of Regina v Dudley and Stephens (1884), I want to draw attention to two issues. First, the salience of the distinction between abstraction and idealization for his argument. Second, the question of political form in relation to each of the three models of the lifeboat that Mann explore – the providential, the catastrophic, and the commonist. I do so in order to explore the implications of Mann’s proposal for the politics of global governance.
citizenship, customary norms, global governance, idealization, lifeboat ethics
Owen, David
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28 July 2025
Owen, David
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Abstract
In this commentary on Itamar Mann’s rich re-reading of Regina v Dudley and Stephens (1884), I want to draw attention to two issues. First, the salience of the distinction between abstraction and idealization for his argument. Second, the question of political form in relation to each of the three models of the lifeboat that Mann explore – the providential, the catastrophic, and the commonist. I do so in order to explore the implications of Mann’s proposal for the politics of global governance.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2025
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 July 2025
Published date: 28 July 2025
Keywords:
citizenship, customary norms, global governance, idealization, lifeboat ethics
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Local EPrints ID: 503312
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/503312
ISSN: 2045-3817
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