Cosmopolitan rights and refugee rights in Kant

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https://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2020v19n2p268

Abstract

In this article, I would like to link Kantian cosmopolitan law and a possible right of refugees. I begin by presenting the idea of the law of peoples, relating it to the conception of a league of nations. I show that the idea of a league of nations, proposed by Kant to avoid war, is a substitute for a State of States, which would be an impossible ideal to achieve. In a second moment, I analyze what cosmopolitan law consists of. At the end, I ask about the possibility of a refugee law as a consequence of the right to universal hospitality.

Author Biography

Maria de Lourdes Borges, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, S. C.

Possui doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1996), tendo feito estágio de pós-doutorado na University of Pennsylvania (2000), Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin (2007) e Columbia University (2014). Atualmente é Professora Titular do Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e Secretária de Cultura e Arte da UFSC.

References

BYRD, Sharon; HRUSCHKA, Joachim. Kant´s Doctrine of Right, a commentary. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

KANT, Immanuel. Metaphysik der Sitten/ Rechtslehre. Kants gesammelte Schriften. Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol. 6. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1900.

KANT, Immanuel. Über den Gemeinspruch: Das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, taugt aber nicht fur die Praxis. Kants gesammelte Schriften. Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol. 8. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1900.

KANT, Immanuel. Zur ewigen Frieden. Kants gesammelte Schriften. Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol. 8. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1900.

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RIPSTEIN, Arthur. Force and Freedom: Kant´s legal and political philosophy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009.

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Published

2020-09-21

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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2020): Dossier Cosmopolitanism + Continuous Flow

Section

Dossier Cosmopolitanism

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