学术资讯 | 我系郭峻赫教授发表文章：Global Justice without Self-centrism

 This article tackles the theories of global justice whose “Chinese-style” cosmopolitanism is espoused by the notion of tianxia 天下. Specifically, I first examine the Chinese-style cosmopolitanism driven by the reinterpretation of tianxia. In doing so, I claim that it retains the very fallacy that can be found in liberal cosmopolitanism in failing to provide us with a regulative principle through which different justifications for justice can be steered toward a democratic deliberation between states. Second, through analyzing Dialogue on Mount Uisan (Uisanmundap 醫山問答) by HONG Daeyong 洪大容 (1731–1783), I explore an alternative conception of tianxia in which all countries are placed on an equal footing rather than in a hierarchy. Finally, putting forward the ethics of differences in Dialogue on Mount Uisan, I will suggest a principle of reciprocity in which non-domination as a regulative principle can help better establish a discursive stance between states without a central hegemon.

JUN-HYEOK KWAK is Professor of the Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University. He completed his Ph.D. studies at the University of Chicago in 2002. His main research interests lie at the crossroads of political philosophy from Socrates to Machiavelli, comparative political philosophy (republicanism), and contemporary political theory (nationalism, patriotism, historical reconciliation). Currently, he is serving as General Editor of the Routledge Series of Political Theories in East Asian Context.