Colloque - Socialisme et égalitarisme libéral : un dialogue nécessaire - Martin O'Neill : The Climate Emergency, State Power, and the Expansion of Democratic Control

Colloque - Socialisme et égalitarisme libéral : un dialogue nécessaire - Martin O'Neill : The Climate Emergency, State Power, and the Expansion of Democratic Control

From Colloques du Collège de France - Collège de France by Collège de France

May 15, 2026 · 33 min

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Martin O'Neill discusses the challenges of the climate emergency and its implications for state power and democratic control.

Lea Ypi L'invention de l'Europe par les langues et les cultures (2025-2026) Collège de France Année 2025-2026 Colloque : Socialisme et égalitarisme libéral : un dialogue nécessaire The Climate Emergency, State Power, and the Expansion of Democratic Control Martin O'Neill Professor of Political Philosophy, University of York Résumé The global climate emergency has presented a deep challenge to the capacities of states throughout the world, and this challenge has been one to which thus far most states have failed adequately to respond. At the same time, the problem of climate change has also presented a connected challenge to mainstream contemporary liberal egalitarian political philosophy, which has since its foundations in the work of Rawls and Dworkin, proceeded on an assumption of the centrality of market mechanisms in coordinating economic production. In this presentation I will explore how these two challenges are linked, and the implications of this connection for how we should think about the role of markets within plausible accounts of social justice. I will argue that illumination of these problems can come from a perhaps unexpected source, when we return to the work of…

People in this episode

Guest: Martin O'Neill

Topics covered

  • climate emergency
  • state power
  • democratic control
  • liberal egalitarianism
  • social justice
  • market mechanisms

Keywords

  • climate change
  • political philosophy
  • socialism
  • egalitarianism
  • market coordination
  • democracy
  • Orwell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of York

Books & works: The Climate Emergency, State Power, and the Expansion of Democratic Control, George Orwell, Socialisme et égalitarisme libéral : un dialogue nécessaire

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