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    On Rawls's account, the primary site of distributive just... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The international climate change regime is structurally unjust toward the poorest nations.

    On Rawls's account, the primary site of distributive justice is the domestic basic structure, not the international order, limiting the scope of 'structural injustice' claims.

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    • 1.The basic structure uniquely shapes life prospects through coercive institutions, making it the primary locus where justice principles should apply.
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    • 2.International order lacks the unified coercive apparatus and shared political culture necessary to instantiate comprehensive distributive principles.
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    • 3.Citizens have special obligations to co-members of their political community that justify prioritizing domestic structural justice.
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    • 1.Global supply chains and trade regimes constitute a coercive international structure that shapes life prospects as powerfully as domestic institutions.
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    • 2.Restricting structural injustice claims to domestic contexts allows wealthy nations to externalize structural harms onto vulnerable global populations.
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    • 3.The distinction between domestic and international structures is unstable; global institutions (IMF, World Bank) directly constrain domestic policy choices.
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