Political Solidarity, Justice and Public Health

Krishnamurthy, Meena

doi:10.1093/phe/pht017

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“…As noted in our introduction, the internatural communication literature does not specifically engage this literature. This idea of solidarity, however, plays a vital role in the political philosophy literature by providing an account of how a stable and cohesive political community is forged (Rehg, 1997;Harvey, 2007;Lenard et al, 2010;Kolers, 2012;Krishnamurthy, 2013). That is, it aims to provide an account of how political community is forged among diverse human populations with different needs, interests, ideological commitments and identities.…”

Section: Internatural Communication and The Solidarity Relationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, it is sometimes defined in terms of a common conception of the good life among national citizens (Sandel, 1997); only then, are citizens willing to make those sacrifices that justice demands of them for their co-nationals whom they have never met. But this shared common good conception of solidarity may be criticized on the ground that it does not take into account the pluralism of commitments and values in any modern large-scale national political community (Krishnamurthy, 2013). Moreover, as tied to the nation state, such a conception of solidarity may be criticized for failing to provide an account of solidarity with non-nationals (Lenard et al, 2010;Straehle, 2010).…”

Section: Internatural Communication and The Solidarity Relationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Solidarity Between Human and Non-Human Animals: Representing Animal Voices in Policy Deliberations

Essen

Allen

2017

Environmental Communication

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In this paper, we discuss the bridging potential of "interspecies" solidarity between the often incommensurable ethics of care and justice. Indeed, we show that the Environmental Communication literature emphasizes feelings of care and compassion as vectors of responsibility taking for animals. But we also show that a growing field of Political AnimalRights suggest that such responsibility taking should instead be grounded in universalizable terms of justice. Our argument is that a dual conception of solidarity can bridge this divide: On the one hand, solidarity as a pre-political relation with animals and, on the other hand, as a political practice based on open public deliberation of universalizable claims to justice; that is, claims to justice advanced by human proxy representatives of vulnerable non-humans. Such a dual conception can both challenge and validate NGOs' claims to "speak on behalf of animals" in policy following the Aarhus Convention, indeed underwriting the Convention by insights from internatural communication in solidarity as relation, and by subjecting it to rational scrutiny in mini-publics in solidary as practice.KEYWORDS: Solidarity, internatural communication, discourse ethics, proxy representation, mini-publics Pre-production version of manuscript published in Journal of Environmental Communication http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10. 1080/17524032.2016.1269820 2 Solidarity between Human and Non-Human Animals: Representing Animal Voices in Policy DeliberationsWhile perhaps equally important in defining our relationships to vulnerable others, the concepts of care and justice are often presented as in profound tension with one another (Noddings, 1984;Gilligan, 1987;Okin, 1989). On the one hand, it is thought that such relationships must be based on feelings of care and empathetic understanding of the needs andinterests of the vulnerable who cannot, for one reason or another, rationally formulate or articulate their own good (Goodin, 1986;Donovan, 1996;Fineman, 2008). On the other hand, it is thought that our relationship and responsibility-taking for vulnerable others must be based on universalizable claims to justice; claims that gain validity through rational argumentative defenses against skeptical challenges concerning what the vulnerable need and what they are properly owed (Regan, 1995;Garner, 2012). Indeed, the rational universalizability of claims to rights and justice proves essential to the task of giving public justification to policy decisions concerning vulnerable members of the shared political community (Goodin, 1996). Here, the tension between the concepts of care and justice derives from a difference in emphasis regarding the basis of moral responsibility (Buchanan, 2013). This is the difference between developing feelings of being responsible for vulnerable others and defending before a universal audience of all those who are purportedly placed under an obligation that they should to take responsibility.Such a tension between care and justice is by no mean limited ...

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Section: Internatural Communication and The Solidarity Relationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Internatural Communication and The Solidarity Relationmentioning

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Solidarity Between Human and Non-Human Animals: Representing Animal Voices in Policy Deliberations

Essen

Allen

2017

Environmental Communication

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“…The latter debate, in turn, underlies the work of communitarian philosophers of medicine, such as Richard Tauber or Daniel Callahan, who stress the significance of group solidarity to balance out the perceived overemphasis on individualism in much of modern medicine and medical ethics [33–35]. Recently, the potential of solidarity to aide the implementation of universal concepts such as human rights, and its role as a foundational concept in public health, are being discussed, rather controversially, by a diverse group of Anglo-American authors (e.g., [4, 36–39]).…”

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“…It is based on an extensive analysis of earlier understandings of solidarity. Since the first iteration of our own working definition of solidarity in 2011, we have expanded and revised it on several occasions following helpful feedback from colleagues (e.g., [39, 49, 50]) and insights obtained from applying it to practical contexts [51–53]. In its most elementary form, we understand solidarity as an enacted commitment to carry the ‘costs’ ( financial, social, emotional, and other contributions ) of assisting others with whom a person or persons recognise similarity in a relevant respect [54].…”

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Thinking ethical and regulatory frameworks in medicine from the perspective of solidarity on both sides of the Atlantic

Prainsack

Buyx

2016

Theor Med Bioeth

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This article provides a concise overview of the history of scholarship on solidarity in Europe and North America. While recent decades have seen an increase in conceptual and scholarly interest in solidarity in North America and other parts of the Anglo-Saxon world, the concept is much more strongly anchored in Europe. Continental European politics in particular have given rise to two of the most influential traditions of solidarity, namely, socialism and Christian ethics. Solidarity has also guided important public instruments and institutions in Europe (e.g., welfare, healthcare, etc.). Despite the much stronger affinity of continental European societies to solidaristic thinking, we argue that solidarity has much to offer for addressing societal challenges on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. After proposing a working definition of solidarity that highlights its utility for guiding policy and practice, we give an example of how a solidarity-based perspective can shape instruments for the governance of data use.

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“…Scholz [24] defines "political solidarity" as collective struggle for the achievement of concrete ends, formatively oriented towards liberation, justice, or the ending of oppression or injustice. However, in diverse contemporary societies, we cannot assume that there will be agreement about concrete goals or even formative orientations, nor should we assume that solidarity can only encompass reactive forms against oppression [25]. These debates have informed the emergence of concepts such as "relational autonomy" [26] and "reflective solidarity" [27].…”

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Solidarity and the Encapsulated and Divided Histories of Health and Human Rights

Khoo

2015

Laws

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This article examines the central but neglected principle of solidarity in human rights, health and bioethics, a concept subject to contention, evasion and confusion. It addresses the general ambivalence toward solidarity within law, philosophy and politics by discussing solidarity's co-evolution with inegalitarian encapsulations and divisions of human rights. It argues that a renewed conception of solidarity is essential to meet increasingly salient ethical demands, as gender equality and the individualization of responsibilities coincide with deficits of care and collective responsibility. Questions of embodiedness, (inter)dependence, care and asymmetry are neglected by dominant liberal approaches, but are key to rethinking solidarity.

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Political Solidarity, Justice and Public Health

Cited by 32 publications

References 8 publications

Solidarity Between Human and Non-Human Animals: Representing Animal Voices in Policy Deliberations

Solidarity Between Human and Non-Human Animals: Representing Animal Voices in Policy Deliberations

Thinking ethical and regulatory frameworks in medicine from the perspective of solidarity on both sides of the Atlantic

Solidarity and the Encapsulated and Divided Histories of Health and Human Rights

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