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Koncepce mezinárodní spravedlnosti v komparativní perspektivě: realismus, liberalismus a marxismus
The Concept of International Justice in a Comparative Perspective: Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism

Author(s): Ondřej Císař
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: global justice; international justice; realism; liberalism; neomarxism; internationalism; globalism

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a comparison of three approaches to international justice. The first part of the article focuses on the realist paradigm, the second section analyzes various liberal approaches, and the third part presents the basic ideas of neomarxism. The largest part of the article is devoted to a critical discussion of existing liberal approaches – liberal institutionalism (R. Keohane), political liberalism (J. Rawls), democratic liberalism (J. Habermas), globalist utilitarianism (P. Singer), globalist egalitarianism (Ch. Beitz, T. Pogge), and liberal impartialism (B. Barry). The article concludes by synthesizing the insights of the three broad normative positions into a realist, yet at the same time critical, liberalism.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2006
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-76
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Czech