Perfecting Imperfect Duties via Institutionalization

Stepanians, Markus (2013). Perfecting Imperfect Duties via Institutionalization. In: Merle, Jean-Christophe (ed.) Spheres of Global Justice 2 (pp. 587-594). Dordrecht: Springer

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Onora O’Neill’s thesis that, in a world like ours, institutionalization is a necessary condition for the existence of typical universal welfare rights—the “institutionalization thesis” for short—has often been criticized. I believe that most of these criticisms fail to appreciate that the institutionalization thesis is based on her “classical” understanding of rights, which stresses the essential duty-implying character of rights. By and large, O’Neill’s thesis stands and falls with the classical theory of rights. My suggestion is, therefore, that what is really at issue between O’Neill and at least some of her critics is the proper understanding of the concept of a right.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy > Practical Philosophy
UniBE Contributor:	Stepanians, Markus
Subjects:	100 Philosophy 100 Philosophy > 170 Ethics 100 Philosophy > 190 Modern western philosophy
ISBN:	978-94-007-5998-5
Publisher:	Springer
Language:	English
Submitter:	Markus Stepan Stepanians
Date Deposited:	02 May 2014 13:32
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:33
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/50198