Responsibility of Nation States for Global Justice: The Case of Germany
Zodpovědnost národních států za světovou spravedlnost: případ Německa
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/174163Identifikátory
SIS: 239302
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [17123]
Vedoucí práce
Oponent práce
Halamka, Tomáš
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra politologie
Datum obhajoby
13. 6. 2022
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Výborně
Klíčová slova (česky)
global justice, international assistance, positive duties, negative dutiesKlíčová slova (anglicky)
global justice, international assistance, positive duties, negative dutiesThe thesis philosophically examines what moral responsibility Germany has towards non-nationals outside of its borders, based on the country's commitment to human dignity. International institutions are excluded. The focus of this work lies on the concept of human dignity as the basis for global justice. As the foundation, a political and legal background is provided in the form of a discourse analysis. Using the criteria of Dworkin's method of the "moral reading" of the constitution, the Kantian notion of human dignity is identified as the moral philosophical basis of the German concept of dignity - thereby contributing to definitional clarification of human dignity and the related concepts constituting the foundation of the German hierarchy of values. On this basis, Germany has a moral duty to respect the human dignity of every individual. To examine whether a positive duty can also be established, the philosophical foundations identified - especially Kant's theory of justice - are applied to the global level. Lastly, the concept of negative and positive duties is utilised to explore the limitations of assigning responsibility to nation states in the globalised world. As a result, this thesis establishes, for Germany, a negative duty for non-nationals and a weak positive duty manifested in the...