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    The claim conflates strong cosmopolitan egalitarianism wi... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Egalitarianism faces a dilemma between being parochial and being utopian

    The claim conflates strong cosmopolitan egalitarianism with all global egalitarianism, thereby overstating the utopianism of globally-extended positions.

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    • 1.Strong cosmopolitan egalitarianism demands equal distribution globally; moderate positions accept priority for compatriots or non-ideal feasibility constraints.
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    • 2.Conflating distinct views obscures important disagreements about whether global justice requires complete equality or merely adequate minimum standards.
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    • 3.Many global egalitarians accept state sovereignty and national partiality, making them far less utopian than strong cosmopolitanism presupposes.
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    • 1.The distinction between 'strong' and moderate global egalitarianism may be descriptively marginal if most theorists converge on similar redistributive implications.
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    • 2.Calling a position utopian requires clarifying whether utopianism concerns feasibility or ideals; the charge may confuse these separate critiques.
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    • 3.Even moderate global egalitarians face similar feasibility objections as strong cosmopolitans, so the distinction may not reduce the utopianism concern.
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