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Recognition and Global Justice

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Without addressing global justice explicitly, theories of recognition contribute to the debate on this important issue. Focusing mostly on the works of Axel Honneth, this article sets out to show how the assumption of a universal need for recognition is reconciled with the insistence on the relevance of bounded communities. The article then examines the role of human rights as elements of global justice, before highlighting the main differences between recognition theory and other theories of global justice. In conclusion, recognition theory is interpreted as a step towards a situationist global ethics.

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  1. Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (KWI), Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Volker M. Heins

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  1. Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Münster Philosophisches Seminar, Münster, Germany

    Ludwig Siep

  2. School of Humanities & Languages, The University of New South Wales School of Humanities & Languages, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Heikki Ikaheimo

  3. Philosophisches Seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Philosophisches Seminar, Münster, Germany

    Michael Quante

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Heins, V.M. (2019). Recognition and Global Justice. In: Siep, L., Ikaheimo, H., Quante, M. (eds) Handbuch Anerkennung. Springer Reference Geisteswissenschaften. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19561-8_72-1

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