The nation and the international arena: global climate challenges

Authors

  • Fabio Alves Gomes de Oliveira Pós-doutorando em Bioética e Ética Prática (PPGBIOS/UFRJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2017v16n1p83

Abstract

Discussions about morality and justice in the international arena often, when they reject the realistic theory, end up adopting two possible general positions: communitarian or cosmopolitan. Each one prioritizes different ways of interpreting rights and obligations and has variants. For the discussion proposed here, to understand to which extent national sovereignty makes use of some important assumptions from the communitarian perspective – that we call here defenders of the nation-state – is fundamental to comprehend how the nation-state has been highlighted as the primary actor in international discussions. To do this, we will try to situate this perspective in two moments. Both will have as a guiding line the reading of one of the greatest proponents of this perspective in the current debates on the subject, David Miller. At first, the work "On Nationality" and later "National Responsibility and Global Justice" will be analyzed so that we can identify more deeply the concept of nationality defended by Miller and how he presents himself in the face of current global challenges, his advances and also limits.

 

 

Author Biography

Fabio Alves Gomes de Oliveira, Pós-doutorando em Bioética e Ética Prática (PPGBIOS/UFRJ)

Atualmente realiza pesquisas de pós-doutorado (PNPD/FAPERJ) junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioética, Ética Aplicada e Saúde Coletiva (UFRJ/UERJ/UFF/FIOCRUZ) e do Departamento de Filosofia da Universidad de Valladolid (Espanha). É doutor em Filosofia pela UFRJ, possui graduação em Administração e Filosofia, e Mestrado em Filosofia. Suas pesquisas mais recentes buscam analisar, identificar e correlacionar as formas de opressão de gênero e espécie, aproximando as propostas ecofeministas da ecologia queer. Enquanto pesquisador integra o Intersectional Research Collective (Gender and Sexuality) do Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS). É pesquisador do Projeto de Extensão: Núcleo de Inclusão Social - NIS/UFRJ onde trabalha com algumas dimensões da Ética Aplicada (direitos humanos, feminismo, teorias de gênero, direitos animais e ética ambiental), além de atuar como pesquisador no Grupo de Pesquisa Reconhecimento e Redistribuição: Novas Formas de Combate aos estereótipos de Gênero (CNPq) e no Núcleo de Pesquisa e Desconstrução de Gêneros DEGENERA (UERJ)

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2017-08-30

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