The moral distinctiveness of the European Union

• Autores: Pavlos Eleftheriadis
• Localización: International journal of constitutional law, ISSN 1474-2640, Vol. 9, Nº. 3-4, 2011, págs. 695-713
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article is a comment and reflection on Joseph Weilers essay, The Political and Legal Culture of European Integration: An Exploratory Essay. The article responds to Weilers argument by sketching a philosophical framework within which we may understand the moral distinctiveness of the EU. The argument is informed by the international political theories outlined by Kant and Rawls, according to which the domain of international institutions is distinct from that of domestic politics. If the European Union is an international project for the achievement of international and cosmopolitan objectives, then the virtues that it ought to promote are not those of the state. Instead, the relevant virtues are outward looking in that they require respect to other nations and citizens as equal members of the society of peoples.