Composing a more plausible way to global justice

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2017-08-13

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In this thesis I discuss the possibility of a framework for global justice in a world in which individuals have different ideas about what is valuable in life, but a shared idea on how to live together (overlapping consensus). This framework has to be global, I argue, instead of national, and should receive priority over rights and duties that are founded on ties and memberships such as friendships or nationality. Lastly, I propose a more stable procedure to determine the principles of justice by combining elements of different procedures that are already offered by other authors. Additionally the procedure, I argue, would lead to a more stable society than several previously offered procedures, because it includes the demand of maintaining the circumstances in which justice is possible for future generations. Further philosophical research is requested on the inclusion of animal rights and matters of non-ideal theory and further empirical research is requested on the motivation of individuals and, most notably, on the circumstances of justice.

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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen