DOI: 10.5176/2382-5650_CCS17.23
Authors: Giuseppe Luca Moliterni
Abstract:
The concept of universal norms directly relates to the different systems of beliefs and values a plurality of actors belong to. Considering universal norms as fundamental elements of different legal systems, cultures, and societies, requires to develop an appropriate level of analysis to understand to what extent, and according to what specific features, it is possible for different systems to create a common understanding around these norms, here identified with the grundnorm, as the element that guarantees the unity of a normative and legal system. Within this context, language games, as conceived by the late Ludwig Wittgenstein, can provide the researcher with an operative and analytical framework to assess how these systems can actually cooperate, and the modalities at the basis of it. This framework evidence how it is possible to create common understanding around the universal norms, leading to the establishment of a specific intersubjectivity among different actors while, at the same time, determining the inner relativism of these universal norms.
Keywords: Grundnorm; Universal norms; Relativism; Language Games; Philosophy of Law.
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