When nation-state legitimate authority structurally generates global inequality through border regimes and resource privilege, it is an obstacle to cosmopolitan goals, not their precondition.

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(as used in political philosophy)

A country with defined borders and a government that has authority over the people and territory within it.

Precondition(as what recognitive practices are for conceptual content)

Something that must exist or happen first, before something else can exist or happen.

Resource privilege(how wealthier nations can keep control of resources for themselves)

When some countries have special advantages in accessing valuable materials, land, or wealth because of their power or location.

Structurally generates(inequality that is created by how the system is fundamentally designed)

Built into the basic rules and organization of a system, rather than being accidental or temporary.

legitimate authority(Normative theory of authority)

A kind of entity capable of fulfilling a mediating role in practical reasoning, whose directives replace certain first-order reasons for action.

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