Cohen v. Cohen: Why a human right to (domestic and global) democracy derives from the right to self-determination

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10/2015
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Centro de Investigaciones Filosóficas
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Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofía Política
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En este trabajo intento desafiar la idea presentada por Joshua Cohen de que no existe un derecho humano a la democracia. Para ese fin, utilizo argumentos presentados por el propio Cohen en otras ocasiones. En una primera sección, explico cinco contradicciones en las que creo que incurre Cohen con respecto a sus trabajos previos. En una segunda sección, explico dos conclusiones que creo que se pueden derivar de este desarrollo: primero, que el derecho de libre determinación de los pueblos no impide la existencia de un derecho humano a la democracia (por el contrario, no hay libre determinación posible sin democracia), y segundo, que este razonamiento no solo es aplicable al orden doméstico, sino también al internacional.
In this paper, I challenge Joshua Cohen’s denial of the existence of a human right to democracy, using for that purpose arguments presented by Cohen himself in other occasions. In a first section, I explain five contradictions in which I believe Cohen incurs with respect to his previous works. In a second section, I explain two conclusions that I believe can be derived from this development: first, that the right of peoples to self-determination does not impede the existence of a human right to democracy (on the contrary, self-determination is impossible without democracy), and second, that this reasoning is not only applicable to the domestic order, but also to global decision-making.
In this paper, I challenge Joshua Cohen’s denial of the existence of a human right to democracy, using for that purpose arguments presented by Cohen himself in other occasions. In a first section, I explain five contradictions in which I believe Cohen incurs with respect to his previous works. In a second section, I explain two conclusions that I believe can be derived from this development: first, that the right of peoples to self-determination does not impede the existence of a human right to democracy (on the contrary, self-determination is impossible without democracy), and second, that this reasoning is not only applicable to the domestic order, but also to global decision-making.
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