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    Special egalitarian duties are owed to compatriots rather... — Carmelics
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    Special egalitarian duties are owed to compatriots rather than non-compatriots

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    • 1.There is a difference in the authority to enforce justice within the state versus outside the state
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    • 2.Differences in enforcement authority ground differences in egalitarian duties
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    • 1.Global economic institutions like the WTO and IMF impose coercive structures on all persons regardless of nationality (Pogge).
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    • 2.Coercive institutional imposition, not shared citizenship, is the morally relevant basis for egalitarian duties.
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    • 3.Therefore, egalitarian duties extend to all persons subject to global coercive structures, not merely compatriots.
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    • 1.The moral arbitrariness of birthplace parallels the moral arbitrariness of race or sex as a basis for differential treatment (Rawls, extended).
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    • 2.Grounding special egalitarian duties in national membership smuggles morally arbitrary facts into the foundation of justice.
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    There is an important debate among egalitarian theorists about whether our concern with equality should be confined to members of the same state or whether it should extend to all globally. Some theorists argue that careful consideration of notions such as reciprocity, coercion, or fair terms of co-operation mandate that we give special weighting to the interests of compatriots. Others, by contrast, argue that these concerns, when properly understood, point in the direction of equally strong dut
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