A New Philosophy for International Law
As many philosophers have pointed out, there is mystery in the bare assumption that promising creates obligation. How can an individual change his moral situation just by speaking a runic phrase? If we want to explain why promises do create moral obligations, we must point to different, more basic m...
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| Published in | Philosophy & public affairs Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 2 - 30 |
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2013
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| Abstract | As many philosophers have pointed out, there is mystery in the bare assumption that promising creates obligation. How can an individual change his moral situation just by speaking a runic phrase? If we want to explain why promises do create moral obligations, we must point to different, more basic moral principles that a promise invokes. Philosophers have suggested a variety of such principles. We must look for similar, more basic principles within international law. Dworkin posits that if law is understood as a special part of political morality, and if it serves its community well, its doctrines will crystallize over time. Its roots in political morality will grow less prominent--though will be available when needed--in ordinary legal argument. |
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| AbstractList | As many philosophers have pointed out, there is mystery in the bare assumption that promising creates obligation. How can an individual change his moral situation just by speaking a runic phrase? If we want to explain why promises do create moral obligations, we must point to different, more basic moral principles that a promise invokes. Philosophers have suggested a variety of such principles. We must look for similar, more basic principles within international law. Dworkin posits that if law is understood as a special part of political morality, and if it serves its community well, its doctrines will crystallize over time. Its roots in political morality will grow less prominent--though will be available when needed--in ordinary legal argument. When I was last instructed in international law -- at Oxford in the 1950s -- the first and most lively question, bound to appear on the examination paper together with tedious questions about navigable bays, was existential. Is there any such thing as international law? Or does the subject we were being asked to study actually not exist? Is what some academics and state department officials call international law not law at all but only common practices that no state is really legally bound to continue practicing? Adapted from the source document. |
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| SubjectTerms | Conceptualization Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge International Law Legal norms Morality Philosophical thought Philosophy Philosophy of law Political philosophy Sovereignty |
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