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Neo-Kantian Cosmopolitanism and International Law: Modest Practicality?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2019

Peter Sutch
Peter Sutch*
Affiliation:
Cardiff University University of the Witwatersrand
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Email: sutchp@cardiff.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article explores the practical approach to global justice advocated by the cosmopolitan political theorists Pogge, Beitz and Buchanan. Using a comparative exposition it outlines their reliance on international law and on human rights law in particular. The essay explores the neo-Kantian influence on the practical approach and offers an original critique of this trend in contemporary international political theory.

Keywords

international lawhuman rightsneo-Kantian cosmopolitanismpractical approach
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Kantian Review , Volume 24 , Special Issue 4: Special Issue on Kant & Law , December 2019 , pp. 605 - 629
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© Kantian Review, 2019 

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