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Global Distributive Justice: An Egalitarian Perspective1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Cécile Fabre
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A good deal of political theory over the last fifteen years or so has been shaped by the realization that one cannot, and ought not, consider the distribution of resources within a country in isolation from the distribution of resources between countries. Thus, thinkers such as Charles Beitz and Thomas Pogge advocate extensive global distributive policies; others, such as Charles Jones and David Miller, explicitly reject the view that egalitarian principles of justice should apply globally and claim that national communities have only duties to help other countries be viable economically and meet the basic needs of their members. In the global justice debate, pretty much all parties acknowledge that we have obligations of distributive justice to for-eigners. The question is how strong those obligations are, and in particular whether national boundaries can make any difference to the distribution of resources between members of different countries.

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Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume , Volume 31: Global Justice, Global Institutions , 2005 , pp. 139 - 164
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Copyright © The Authors 2005

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This paper was presented, in some form or other, at seminars held in Warwick and Oxford, whose participants I thank for their suggestions. I am particularly grateful to G. A. Cohen, Axel Gosseries, John Charvet, David Held, Hugh LaFollette, David Miller, and Thomas Pogge for their written comments on earlier drafts.

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