Olsen Tore Vincents
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 7, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Res Publica. 2023;29(1):69-88. doi: 10.1007/s11158-022-09560-5. Epub 2022 Aug 19.
This article provides a normative framework for evaluating the moral permissibility of various defences of European Union (EU) values against their violation in EU member states. This requires, first, a coherent interpretation of EU values as the values of liberal democracy; second, a clear notion of when they are violated; third, a theory of how liberal democracy can be defended with measures that are consistent with the values of liberal democracy themselves; and, finally, a discussion of what the EU's role is in this defence. The article argues that it would be permissible for the EU to combine a number of political, cultural, socio-economic and legal responses in a concentric defence of liberal democracy as long as they respect the separation of powers doctrine and do not rely on problematic notions of collective responsibility.
本文提供了一个规范性框架，用于评估在欧盟成员国中针对欧盟价值观遭受侵犯而采取的各种捍卫措施在道德上的可允许性。这首先需要对欧盟价值观进行连贯的解释，将其视为自由民主的价值观；其次，要明确它们何时受到侵犯；第三，要有一种理论，说明如何通过与自由民主自身价值观相一致的措施来捍卫自由民主；最后，要讨论欧盟在这种捍卫中所扮演的角色。本文认为，只要尊重权力分立原则且不依赖有问题的集体责任观念，欧盟在对自由民主进行同心捍卫时，将多种政治、文化、社会经济和法律应对措施结合起来是可允许的。
