The Global Commons and International Distributive Justice

Roberts, Peredur Mark; Sutch, Peter

doi:10.4324/9781315737607-16

Cited by 3 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 1 publication

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Much of the global commons literature either offers prescription to safeguard the resources associated with the commons, 7 or is legalistic in nature. 8 To understand the political dynamics surrounding the global commons, the IR literature typically starts with the material self-interest of states, whether from a more neo-realist/power-balancing or neo-liberal/economic perspective.…”

Section: An Ultrasocial Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Outer space and the idea of the global commons

Cross

2021

International Relations

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Drawing upon fresh archival research and participant observation, the author traces the emergence and transformative idea of the non-weaponized and peaceful use of space from the 1920s to today. Building on this, the case study questions much of the common wisdom surrounding humans’ relationship with space over the past century. Although the beginnings of the Space Age are usually thought to have closely coincided with the Space Race beginning in 1955, the paper goes further back to the Spaceflight Movement of the 1920s and 30s, tracing the emergence of the idea of space as part of the global commons. This societal-level movement was highly transnational and collaborative in nature, and pushed for the achievement of human spaceflight decades before the technology existed, at the same time advocating for space as a peaceful domain for all of humankind. Using a new approach that also provides the basic ontological assumption for Model 3 of the special issue framework, the author argues that the impetus to engage in space exploration was fundamentally ‘ultrasocial’, defined as a human predisposition to be other-regarding, empathic, and inclined toward seeking wide-scale cooperation, even among strangers.

show abstract

Section: An Ultrasocial Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Outer space and the idea of the global commons

Cross

2021

International Relations

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…As such, the possibility of effective "occupation" did not arise. Instead, the ocean, as the Romans had earlier claimed, should be considered res communis, the common preserve of all (an argument which influenced the later idea that some parts of the earth-and even outer space-ought to be considered the "common heritage" of humankind-on which see Roberts & Sutch, 2016).…”

Section: The Ocean In Early Modern Thoughtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resources outside of the state: Governing the ocean and beyond

Armstrong

2018

Philosophy Compass

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A number of hugely valuable natural resources fall outside of the borders of any nation state. We can legitimately expect political theory to make a contribution to thinking through questions about the future of these extraterritorial resources. However, the debate on the proper allocation of rights over these resources remains relatively embryonic.This paper will bring together what have often been rather scattered discussions of rights over extraterritorial resources. It will first sketch some early modern contributions to thinking through rights over the ocean. It then discusses the guidance available within more contemporary contributions to debates on resources beyond the state.Finally, it concludes by emphasising the key questions with which future work on this topic must engage.

show abstract

“…3 The history of the cosmopolitanism and communitarianism debate shows that there are multiple sites of dispute over what might count as a good reason for intervention. While the specific battle over what constitutes humanitarianism can be traced from the 1899 Hague conference (Roberts and Sutch, in press), its philosophical roots go much deeper. I am by no means drawing any parallels between Burke and these contemporary ‘schools of thought’, but what I do want to show is that the historical example of humanitarian intervention we find in Burke is equally rich and worthwhile of our attention.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Triumphing over evil: Edmund Burke and the idea of humanitarian intervention

Boisen

2016

Journal of International Political Theory

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article argues that one of the main justifications underlying Burke's plea for a military campaign against revolutionary France was based on humanitarian considerations. With its revolutionary doctrines, France had committed an open act of aggression against the European community of states, the containment of which required a right of intervention and the immediate restitution of the ancien regime. The French Republic endangered the lives of its own citizens, those of Europeans in general, and was liable to lead to the collapse of the whole ancient order upon which the European family of states depended. The motivation and evidence for this is to be found in his understanding of the law of nations, developed from customary practices that constituted a society of states or the Commonwealth of Europe as Burke termed it. It is in this respect that Burke departs significantly from better known codifiers of the law of nations such as Grotius, Pufendorf and Vattel. As such, the basis for 'humanitarian intervention' in Burke's writing is predicated upon common and customary law.

show abstract

The Global Commons and International Distributive Justice

Cited by 3 publications

References 1 publication

Outer space and the idea of the global commons

Outer space and the idea of the global commons

Resources outside of the state: Governing the ocean and beyond

Triumphing over evil: Edmund Burke and the idea of humanitarian intervention

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About