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    Individuals in poor states suffer involuntary disadvantag... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Egalitarian principles of justice are triggered within each state, not across all states globally.

    Individuals in poor states suffer involuntary disadvantage from global structures they had no part in designing and cannot exit, satisfying the normative condition coercion is meant to track.

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    Key Terms

    Coercion(Kant's political philosophy; used to argue coercion is constitutive of rights, not merely instrumental.)
    A restriction of the freedom to pursue one's own ends.
    Global structures(referring to worldwide systems that shape people's opportunities)
    Large, interconnected systems that operate across countries and affect people worldwide, like international trade rules, financial systems, or political institutions.
    Involuntary disadvantage(as used in ethics)
    A harmful situation or unfair treatment that someone experiences through no choice of their own—something that happens to them, not something they chose.
    Normative condition(describing what philosophers think defines coercion)
    A requirement or standard that philosophers use to define what makes something right, wrong, fair, or justified—what *should* be the case.

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