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    If legitimacy generates justice obligations, then interna... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Global justice as a concept should be rejected

    If legitimacy generates justice obligations, then international institutions (WTO, IMF) with coercive power generate global justice obligations.

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    • 1.International institutions exercise binding coercive power (sanctions, conditionality) over non-consenting states, analogous to domestic state authority.
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    • 2.Coercive power creates asymmetric burdens on subjects; legitimacy is the only moral basis for imposing such burdens without consent.
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    • 3.If domestic coercive authority generates justice obligations, the same principle applies globally regardless of institutional scale or scope.
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    • 1.International institutions lack democratic legitimacy: affected populations cannot meaningfully participate in decision-making structures.
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    • 2.Justice obligations require legitimacy, but legitimacy requires either consent or democratic accountability—neither exists globally in sufficient form.
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    • 3.Even if institutions have some legitimacy, it may be insufficient to ground justice obligations; legitimacy might only justify minimal regulatory authority.
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