Seyla Benhabib Quotes
Seyla Benhabib is a Turkish-American political philosopher long associated with Yale University, whose work brings together critical theory, feminist political philosophy, and theories of cosmopolitan justice. Situating the Self defended a discourse-ethical feminist standpoint within the Habermasian tradition, while The Rights of Others and Another Cosmopolitanism developed an influential account of democratic iterations and the rights of migrants, refugees, and stateless persons under conditions of porous borders. The quotes below are attributed to Seyla Benhabib, organized by topic.
Seyla Benhabib on Justice
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Attributed to Seyla Benhabib:
“The right to have rights is the foundation of all other rights.”
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Attributed to Seyla Benhabib:
“Discourse ethics is feminist not in spite of its universalism but because of it.”
Seyla Benhabib on Politics
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Attributed to Seyla Benhabib:
“Cosmopolitan justice is built one democratic iteration at a time.”
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Attributed to Seyla Benhabib:
“Borders define and limit the practice of democratic legitimation.”
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Attributed to Seyla Benhabib:
“To take pluralism seriously is to take political conflict as a permanent feature of the human condition.”