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    It is not the case that The requirement for egalitarian justification of state coercion is limited in scope by the territorial jurisdiction of the coercive scheme.

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    • 1.State coercion extends beyond territorial borders through enforcement of global trade rules, debt regimes, and immigration controls that constrain non-citizens.
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    • 2.If coercive imposition triggers egalitarian justification, then extra-territorial coercion by states generates egalitarian obligations to non-residents.
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    • 3.Limiting egalitarian scope to territory therefore arbitrarily excludes those most severely constrained by state power from its justificatory protections.
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    • 1.Pogge and Beitz argue that the global basic structure—international institutions shaped by powerful states—coercively distributes life prospects across borders.
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    • 2.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.The case for strong equality or the difference principle is triggered by the state's coercive imposition on individuals within its jurisdiction.
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    • 2.The state's coercive scheme only extends to those within its territorial borders.
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