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    It is not the case that Legitimate authority at the level of the nation state is necessary to pursue moral cosmopolitan goals

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    • 1.Transnational institutions like the EU, ICC, and WTO already pursue and partially achieve cosmopolitan goals without nation-state legitimacy as their foundation.
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    • 2.If cosmopolitan goals are achievable through overlapping jurisdictions and non-state actors, nation-state legitimacy is sufficient but not necessary for their realization.
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    • 1.Pogge and Beitz argue that global justice requires reforming the international order itself, which nation-state legitimacy actively reproduces and entrenches.
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    • 2.When nation-state legitimate authority structurally generates global inequality through border regimes and resource privilege, it is an obstacle to cosmopolitan goals, not their precondition.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Political nationalism is assumed as the operative framework
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    • 2.Empirical conditions require nation-state legitimacy for cosmopolitan goals to be realizable
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