Justice and Solidarity: The Contractarian Case against Global Justice

Heyd, David

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9833.2007.00369.x

Cited by 69 publications

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“…David Heyd describes solidarity as 'sympathy mediated by a belief in a common project.' 8 It is, he notes, inherently partial, since we feel solidarity only for members of a certain in-group, such as our nation. 9 Ori Lev, similarly, proposes that the core sense of solidarity is captured by the ideas of integration, commitment to a common good, empathy, and trust.…”

Section: Altruism and Solidaritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Altruism or Solidarity? The Motives for Organ Donation and Two Proposals

Saunders

2012

Bioethics

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Proposals for increasing organ donation are often rejected as incompatible with altruistic motivation on the part of donors. This paper questions, on conceptual grounds, whether most organ donors really are altruistic. If we distinguish between altruism and solidarity--a more restricted form of other-concern, limited to members of a particular group--then most organ donors exhibit solidarity, rather than altruism. If organ donation really must be altruistic, then we have reasons to worry about the motives of existing donors. However, I argue that altruism is not necessary, because organ donation supplies important goods, whatever the motivation, and we can reject certain dubious motivations, such as financial profit, without insisting on altruism. Once solidaristic donation is accepted, certain reforms for increasing donation rates seem permissible. This paper considers two proposals. Firstly, it has been suggested that registered donors should receive priority for transplants. While this proposal appears based on a solidaristic norm of reciprocity, it is argued that such a scheme would be undesirable, since non-donors may contribute to society in other ways. The second proposal is that donors should be able to direct their organs towards recipients that they feel solidarity with. This is often held to be inconsistent with altruistic motivation, but most donation is not entirely undirected in the first place (for instance, donor organs usually go to co-nationals). While allowing directed donation would create a number of practical problems, such as preventing discrimination, there appears to be no reason in principle to reject it.

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Section: Altruism and Solidaritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Altruism or Solidarity? The Motives for Organ Donation and Two Proposals

Saunders

2012

Bioethics

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“…Yet, at the same time solidarity seems to presuppose and require difference, insofar as acts of “solidarity” within completely homogenous social groups seem superfluous. Indeed, the historical origin of the term solidarity is based on the claim that it is often our very differences that allow us to cooperate fully with each other (Heyd 2007, 118–122). Sennett (1998, 143) argues that it is a mistake to look for unity as the source of social bonds and solidarity, but that solidarity instead results from people engaging their differences over time.…”

Section: Solidarity-in-differencementioning

confidence: 99%

The End of the Right to the City: A Radical-Cooperative View

Althorpe

Horák

2021

Urban Affairs Review

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Is the Right to the City (RTTC) still a useful framework for a transformative urban politics? Given recent scholarly criticism of its real-world applications and appropriations, in this paper, we argue that the transformative promise in the RTTC lies beyond its role as a framework for oppositional struggle, and in its normative ends. Building upon Henri Lefebvre's original writing on the subject, we develop a “radical-cooperative” conception of the RTTC. Such a view, which is grounded in the lived experiences of the current city, envisions an urban society in which inhabitants can pursue their material and social needs through self-governed cooperation across social difference. Growing and diversifying spaces and sectors of urban life that are decoupled from global capitalism are, we argue, necessary to create space for this inclusionary politics. While grassroots action is essential to this process, so is multi-scalar support from the state.

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“…A second justifi catory strategy that sanctuary providers adopt situates their actions in terms of the importance of "solidarity" with refugees and asylum seekers. Solidarity is defi ned in many ways, including in terms of common values and goals among those who share solidaristic connections; in terms of the loyalty that members of a solidaristic community have toward each other; as well as in terms of the existence of mutual empathy and trust among them (Heyd 2007;Shelby 2002). In the sanctuary space, solidarity appears to refer mainly to the ways in which empathy, directed from sanctuary providers to individuals in need of sanctuary, underpins the motivation to provide this sanctuary.…”

Section: Justifying Sanctuarymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Stakes of Sanctuary

Lenard¹,

Madokoro

2021

Migration and Society

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This introductory article lays out the objectives for this special issue of Migration and Society. In focusing on the stakes of sanctuary, both this introduction and the special issue concentrate on the ways sanctuary is inspired by, connected to, and symbolic of larger political and social processes. To see what is at stake, we outline some of the myriad possible meanings of sanctuary and examine the justifications given by the actors who offer and take sanctuary including notions of justice, solidarity, charity, and resistance. In highlighting what is at stake in specific acts and practices of sanctuary, we explore the benefits of pursuing a multidisciplinary examination of sanctuary, such as the one offered by the articles collected in this special issue.

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Justice and Solidarity: The Contractarian Case against Global Justice

Cited by 69 publications

References 14 publications

Altruism or Solidarity? The Motives for Organ Donation and Two Proposals

Altruism or Solidarity? The Motives for Organ Donation and Two Proposals

The End of the Right to the City: A Radical-Cooperative View

The Stakes of Sanctuary

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