Climate Change and Sovereignty: An Essay on the Moral Nature and Limits of State Sovereignty (AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice, 10)

Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
	1.1 Brief Statement on Sovereignty
	1.2 Impetus and Importance
		1.2.1 Impetus
		1.2.2 Importance
	1.3 Preliminary Matters: Setting the Stage
		1.3.1 Some Skeptical Concerns
		1.3.2 Understanding the Inquiry
	1.4 Project Overview
		1.4.1 Section I: The Moral Nature and Limits of State Sovereignty
		1.4.2 Section II: The Transition from Theory to Practice
	1.5 Conclusion
	References
Part I: Developing a Framework for Assessing the Moral Limits of State Sovereignty and Sovereign Discretion
	Chapter 2: Explicating the Tension Between State Sovereignty and the New Challenges Facing the International Community
		2.1 Understanding the Tension
			2.1.1 Delineating the Conception of Sovereignty at Issue
			2.1.2 Hohfeld, Sumner and the Constitutive Elements of State Sovereignty
				2.1.2.1 The Content of Sovereignty
				2.1.2.2 Reconstructing the Content: The Right of Nonintervention
				2.1.2.3 Delineating the Scope of State Sovereignty
		2.2 The Role of Sovereignty in the Practical Deliberations of States
		2.3 Changing Times and Global Challenges
		2.4 Identifying the Assumption
		2.5 Conclusion: Rejecting the Assumption and Opening the Conceptual Space
		References
	Chapter 3: Assessing the Limitations Inherent to the Notion of Sovereignty Itself
		3.1 Explanation and Justification of the Methodology Employed
		3.2 Developing the Argument
			3.2.1 The Provisional Argument
			3.2.2 Explicating, Justifying and Revising the Argument
		3.3 Applying the Argument
		3.4 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 4: Assessing the Limitations from the Best Available Justification for Sovereignty
		4.1 Preliminary Matters
		4.2 Identification and Evaluation of Arguments
			4.2.1 Responding to the Objection That the Inquiry Is Moot
			4.2.2 Identification and Evaluation of the Candidate Justifications
				4.2.2.1 Arguments based on the Domestic Analogy
				4.2.2.2 Non-Analogical Arguments
				4.2.2.3 Non-Analogical Arguments: S. I. Benn and R. S. Peters´s Argument
				4.2.2.4 Non-Analogical Arguments: Jovan Babic
				4.2.2.5 Instrumental Arguments
		4.3 Conclusion: Limits on the Legitimate Zone of Sovereign Discretion Implied by an Instrumental Justification for State Sover...
		References
	Chapter 5: Introducing a Framework for Assessing the Moral Limits of Sovereignty and Sovereign Discretion
		5.1 Current Understanding
		5.2 Revised Understanding: Legitimate Zone of Sovereign Discretion
			5.2.1 Inherent to the Notion of Sovereignty Itself
			5.2.2 As Implied by Best Available Moral Justification for State Sovereignty
			5.2.3 A Unified Account of the Legitimate Zone of Sovereign Discretion
		5.3 Significant Differences
		5.4 Conclusion: A Framework for Assessing the Moral Limits of Sovereign Discretion
Part II: Making the Transition from Theory to Practice
	Chapter 6: Understanding the Application of the Framework
		6.1 A Threshold Consideration: Understanding the Tension Between Sovereignty and the New and Emerging Challenges Facing the In...
			6.1.1 The Transnational Nature of the Challenges Facing the International Community
			6.1.2 The Ethical Nature of the Challenges Facing the International Community
			6.1.3 The Non-Discretionary Nature of the Challenges Facing the International Community
		6.2 An Objection
		6.3 The Elements and Their Application: The Legitimate Zone of Sovereign Discretion
			6.3.1 Zone of Sovereign Discretion Inherent to Sovereignty Itself
			6.3.2 Zone of Sovereign Discretion Implied by Instrumental Value of State Sovereignty
		6.4 Institutional Design
		6.5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 7: Global Climate Change: A Matter of Transnational Ethical Concern
		7.1 The Transnational Nature of Climate Change
		7.2 Climate Change As a Matter of Ethical Concern
			7.2.1 Climate Change As an Ethical Matter
			7.2.2 Responding to the Climate Skeptic
		7.3 Moral Considerations and Practical Deliberations
			7.3.1 Identifying the Moral Considerations Relevant to Climate Change
			7.3.2 A Matter of Practical Deliberations: The Non-discretionary Nature of the Moral Imperatives Generated by the Challenge of...
		7.4 Concluding Remarks
		References
	Chapter 8: Applying the Framework
		8.1 Introduction
		8.2 Those Harmed by Climate Change
		8.3 The Content of Rights Held and Duties Owed
			8.3.1 States
			8.3.2 Individuals as Members of the International Moral Community
		8.4 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 9: Applying the Framework: Limits Implied by Instrumental Value of Sovereignty
		9.1 Preliminary Matters
		9.2 Assessing the Instrumental Relationship Between Sovereign Discretion and the Challenge of Climate Change
		9.3 Possibility of an Overall Instrumental Justification
			9.3.1 Climate Change and International Peace and Security
			9.3.2 Climate Change and Political Self-determination
		9.4 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 10: Explicating Institutional Legitimacy
		10.1 Introducing a Conception of Legitimacy
		10.2 Standard of Institutional Legitimacy
		10.3 Practical Effectiveness
		10.4 Moral and Political Justification
			10.4.1 Morally Justified Institutions
			10.4.2 Politically Justified Institutions
		10.5 Understanding the Structure of a Legitimate Institution
		10.6 Conclusion: A Standard of Institutional Legitimacy
		References
	Chapter 11: Conclusion: Some Suggestions for Institutional Design and Reform
		11.1 Assessing the Legitimacy of the UNFCCC and the Paris Climate Agreement
			11.1.1 Individual Elements of the PCA
			11.1.2 Critical Assessment of the PCA As a Whole
		11.2 Moving Forward: Some Suggestion for Institutional Reform and Design
		11.3 Modeling a Legitimate Institutional Structure
			11.3.1 Goal Setting
			11.3.2 Policymaking
			11.3.3 Implementation
		11.4 Conclusion