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    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
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    It is not the case that Global justice as a concept should be rejected

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    • 1.Rawls's 'Law of Peoples' acknowledges duties of assistance across borders, grounding global justice in liberal theory itself.
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    • 2.If legitimacy generates justice obligations, then international institutions (WTO, IMF) with coercive power generate global justice obligations.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Pogge argues global institutions actively harm the poor through structural coercion, creating negative duties that transcend state boundaries.
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    • 2.Negative duties to not harm require no prior legitimate political authority—they arise from causal responsibility alone.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Political legitimacy ties obligations of justice to nation states
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    • 2.Justice obligations cannot extend beyond the scope of legitimate political authority
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