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The Concept of Sovereignity as a Neo-Repubican Source of Legitimacy in the European Union
CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, BragaAbstract: This article investigates the legitimacy of political authority within the European Union (EU) through the lens of neo-republican theory, emphasizing the principle of non-domination as the normative foundation of democratic sovereignty. It confronts a central question regarding the source of legitimacy, distinguishing legitimacy from justice and arguing that legitimacy arises not from pre-political legal frameworks, but from political processes…
Distributive vs. Corrective Climate Justice
CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, BragaOn 16 April 2025, the CEPS Seminars programme will host Axel Gosseries, Professor of Philosophy at UC Louvain and President of the Institute of Philosophy. The Seminar will be on Distributive vs. Corrective Climate Justice. It will take place at 3pm in person at CEPS's meeting room in the ELACH building. If it is not possible for you to attend…
A Doutrina do Duplo Efeito na Ética da Guerra de Elizabeth Anscombe
CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, BragaBIO Pedro Erik Arruda Carneiro holds a master's degree in Economics and a doctorate in International Relations, both from the University of Brasilia. ABSTRACT Elizabeth Anscombe is part of a quartet of contemporary Oxford philosophers, with Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch, and Mary Warnock. She is known for her defence that there are moral absolutes that prevent the killing…