For Sale: Acropolis

German politicians yesterday argued that Greece should sell some uninhabited islands and historical monuments, like the Acropolis and Parthenon, in order to stave off bankruptcy.  This raises some questions about the E.U. and international justice: What is the moral relationship between EU states?  Is the E.U. simply a dense network of treaties amongst independent states or the beginning of a brand new, full-bodied people?  How much sacrifice of one E.U. state is required to help another in need?  Only that which is required explicitly by treaty?  How “special” are the obligations between E.U. citizens in different countries, meaning to what extent are their obligations to fellow E.U. citizens greater than those owed to foreign strangers?  What is the relationship between common identity and special obligations? Between shared institutional structures and special obligations?

-Jake

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March 4, 2010 · Filed Under International Relations, Jake

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