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2021 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
9. Applying the Framework: Limits Implied by Instrumental Value of Sovereignty
verfasst von : Joshua J. Kassner
Erschienen in: Climate Change and Sovereignty
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Abstract
Having established that climate change does not fall within the legitimate zone of sovereign discretion inherent to the notion of sovereignty itself, This Chapter asks whether there is an instrumental justification for including the challenge of climate change within the legitimate zone of sovereign discretion. Since state sovereignty is justified by the instrumental role it plays in the international community’s pursuit of several other morally valuable ends, it is not enough to assess the extent to which extending sovereign discretion will enhance the international moral community’s ability to respond to climate change alone. Rather, we must also assess the impact our choice will have on the ability of the international community to pursue those other morally valuable ends.
As such, in this chapter, answering whether sovereign discretion should be extended to include the challenge of climate change unfolds in response to three questions. First, is the international community’s ability to respond to climate change enhanced by extending sovereign discretion to include the challenge of climate change? Second, assuming a negative answer, what is the overall impact of not expanding sovereign discretion? Finally, all-things-considered, is including climate change within the legitimate zone of sovereign discretion instrumentally justified?