Law, Justice and Responsibility in the Philosophy of Jacques Derrida

• Main Authors: J Jahangiri, A Bandarrigi Zadeh
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: University of Isfahan 2014-02-01
• Series: Metaphysik
• Subjects: Derrida; Law; Justice; Responsibility; deconstructibility; undeconstructibility; undecidability
• Online Access: http://mph.ui.ac.ir/article_19197_9f24e7a9303842612fe038a4773a5582.pdf

The works written in Persian about Jacques Derrida or the works translated into Persian about and from him have concentrated on Derridaâs aesthetic tendencies and forgotten his political philosophy and thought. But, we should know that his political philosophy and thought are so rich and working on them is necessary for our philosophical communities. In English-speaking world, it is for a decade that Derridaâs political thought has attracted writersâ and scholarsâ attention. The works written in this period have concentrated independently on Derridaâs political philosophy and thought or have âpoliticizedâ his aesthetic concepts. In this essay, we are trying to investigate the concepts of law, justice and responsibility in the philosophy of Derrida. First, we will clarify the distinctions between law and justice. For doing so, we will pay attention to Derridean concept of âdeconstructionâ. For Derrida, as we will see, law is âdeconstructibleâ and justice is âundeconstructibleâ. Second, we will investigate the relations between law, justice and responsibility. We will conclude that justice, contrary to law, does not prevent us from taking responsibility.