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The Tie that Binds: Cosmopolitan Obligation and the Primacy of Institutions

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Author

Editor

  • Rebecka Lettevall
  • My Klockar Linder

Summary, in English

I identify what I see as three aspects of contemorary cosmopolitan philosophy: A certain moral consciousness, a commitment to moral universalism, and an institutional implication of the first two. The third of these is often regarded as a fall-out or consequence of the other two. I argue instead that the institutional aspect should be regarded as primary and that a distinctive feature of cosmopolitan theory is the view that justice is institution-dependent.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

157-172

Publication/Series

The Idea of Kosmopolis. History, Philosophy and Politics of World Citizenship

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Södertörn Academic Studies

Topic

  • Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Keywords

  • obligations
  • cosmopolitanism
  • universalism
  • institution dependence

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-91-89315-93-8