Global Justice and Reasonable Society of Peoples: Focusing on the Case of Kwangju Uprising (2021.06)
- Author : Lin Ji-Hoon
- Publication : The Journal of Asiatic Studies
- Publisher : Asiatic Research Institute
- Volume : 64(2)
- Date : June, 2021
Abstract: This study aims to clarify Rawls’s position on the global justice by his concept of people. In the theoretical aspect, this concept is based on the ontological foundations which have two characteristics of culture and institution. Furthermore, it has a moral structure in which peoples act according to the principle of reciprocity. In that respect, Rawls’s Law of Peoples starts at a completely different point from the traditional view of international relations among nation-states. In terms of practical aspect, the 5.18 uprising can be presented as the possible mode of this interpretation. While the Gwangju community captures the institutional and cultural characteristics of people, the martial law authorities at that time were not to be tolerated in the standards of the Law of Peoples because they belonged to the ‘outlaw state’. Then, political and moral responsibility for the major actors of the Carter administration could also be reexamined in terms of political legitimacy. Finally, when all citizens as well as public officials have the duty of civility to stop violence and human rights oppression beyond the border, Rawls’s idea of ‘Society of Reasonable Peoples’ can be reached.