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    Rawlsian egalitarianism's justificatory logic applies whe... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The requirement for egalitarian justification of state coercion is limited in scope by the territorial jurisdiction of the coercive scheme.

    Rawlsian egalitarianism's justificatory logic applies wherever coercive schemes impose terms of cooperation, regardless of whether those schemes are domestic or international.

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    • 1.If coercive schemes bind people to cooperative terms, those subject to coercion deserve justification for why they must comply, regardless of borders.
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    • 2.International institutions (trade agreements, sanctions, security arrangements) impose binding rules on citizens as genuinely as domestic law does.
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    • 3.Principles of fairness shouldn't arbitrarily exclude people from equal consideration based solely on nationality when they're subject to shared coercive systems.
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    • 1.Domestic coercion operates through unified sovereign institutions with democratic accountability; international coercion typically lacks equivalent legitimate authority.
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    • 2.Rawls specifically distinguished international from domestic contexts because reciprocal benefit depends on stable, culturally-coherent political societies, not all humans.
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    • 3.Extending egalitarian duties globally creates indeterminacy: unclear who bears obligations, to whom, and what 'fair terms' even means without shared political culture.
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