The ethics of brexit

TY - CHAP

T1 - The ethics of brexit

AU - Frost, Mervyn

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - The political and economic aspects of the 2016 Brexit decision by the UK have been widely discussed. Little discussed are the ethical questions it poses. A key question is: How should we, as participants in the global practices of international relations, evaluate Brexit from an ethical point of view? Does it uphold or undermine the core values implicit in the two major, contemporary global practices in which we all participate, the society of sovereign states and the global rights practice? This chapter explores a line of thinking developed by Chris Brown during an earlier phase of restructuring in Europe in an article which he entitled “The ethics of political restructuring in Europe: The perspective of constitutive theory.” Applying that approach shows Brexit to be ethically flawed.

AB - The political and economic aspects of the 2016 Brexit decision by the UK have been widely discussed. Little discussed are the ethical questions it poses. A key question is: How should we, as participants in the global practices of international relations, evaluate Brexit from an ethical point of view? Does it uphold or undermine the core values implicit in the two major, contemporary global practices in which we all participate, the society of sovereign states and the global rights practice? This chapter explores a line of thinking developed by Chris Brown during an earlier phase of restructuring in Europe in an article which he entitled “The ethics of political restructuring in Europe: The perspective of constitutive theory.” Applying that approach shows Brexit to be ethically flawed.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063547510&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-93278-1_10

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-93278-1_10

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85063547510

SN - 9783319932774

SP - 181

EP - 198

BT - The Politics of International Political Theory

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

ER -