The Law and 'We'  

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Roermund, Bert van

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 13 no. 3 (Sep. 2006), page 525-553.
Topik: Bernhard Waldenfels; Legislation; Intentionality; First-Person; Alien; Justice

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE45.10 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Legislation in Modernity is self-legislation: legislation by a collective self. I argue that it can be formally characterised as a first-person plural intention, featuring an index 'we' at four different positions: the originatior of the speech act expressing the intention, the subject of the intention expressed, the agent of the action intended, and the beneficiaries of the action to be performed. I carve out these four positions or 'voices' of the first person in legislation, summarising them in an analytical scheme [LEX]. But self-legislation presupposes self-inclusion. Thus, it constitutes a boundary between the plural self and its alien(s). Taking my cue from Waldenfels' explorations of responsiveness to 'the alien,' I ask how and why [LEX] responds to the classical appeal of justice: 'to give everyone his or her due.' What does it mean to say that a self-enclosed 'we' is the agent of this giving? I will argue that the boudnary constituted by this enclosure is possible only if it is imagined to be raversable. Throughout the argument, my main concern is with the question in what sense and to what extent a legal order requires unity.

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