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| | The Law of Peoples; with, The Idea of Public Reason Revisited. By John Rawls. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | These representatives will agree to maintain their independence, observe treaties, not interfere in other peoples affairs, use war only for self-defense, honor human rights, restrict the conduct of war, and assist peoples living under conditions which prevent a just social regime. |
 | | He starts by arguing that liberal societies have an obligation to respect non-liberal societies that are decent. These decent peoples are primarily hierarchical societies that deny their citizens full political equality, but do consult them on policy and guarantee them basic human rights such as life, liberty, property, and formal equality. |
 | | In a world of globalization and shifting power structures, it may be fair to at least ask how realistic the idea of peoples is and whether there is an even greater practicable political possibility than Rawls proposes. |
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