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    The moral arbitrariness of birthplace parallels the moral... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Special egalitarian duties are owed to compatriots rather than non-compatriots

    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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    • 1.Individuals cannot choose their birthplace, race, or sex; all are morally arbitrary assignments of circumstance.
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    • 2.Using morally arbitrary characteristics to distribute basic rights or opportunities violates equal respect for persons.
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    • 3.Global inequality based on birthplace mirrors how pre-civil rights societies justified hierarchy through immutable traits.
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    • 1.Birthplace determines membership in political communities with legitimate authority to set borders and allocate resources.
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    • 2.Race and sex are individual characteristics; birthplace defines collective sovereignty and contractual obligations between citizens.
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    • 3.Rawls himself limited justice principles to domestic institutions, not global distribution, recognizing this disanalogy.
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