Contents
List of Abbreviations
I. Theory
1. Global Justice and Cosmopolitanism: An Introduction
3
1.1. Introduction 3
1.2. Focus for the Book and Two Kinds of Sceptic 4
1.3. Concise Overview of the Contents
1.4. The Cosmopolitan as a Citizen of the World
8
1.5. Globalization and Global Justice
1.6. Some Varieties of Cosmopolitanism
II
1.7. Cosmopolitan Justice 13
1.8. Reconciling Cosmopolitanism with Other Commitments
14
2. The Debate about Rawls's Law of Peoples: Critics
and Defences 19
2.1. Introduction 1Ο
2.2. Rawls's Law of Peoples 19
2.3. Some Critical Responses to Rawls's Law of Peoples
24
2.4. Defences of Rawls's Law of Peoples
30
2.5. Critics Versus Defenders: The State of Play
36
3 A Cosmopolitan Model of Global Justice: The Basic
Framework 45
3.1. Should Cosmopolitans Support a Global Difference
Principle?
46
3.2. Can the Ideal of (Fair) Equality of Opportunity be
Extended Globally? $8
3.3. Some Important Clarifications Concerning Needs,
Capabilities, and Human Rights 63
3.4. Concluding Remarks 72
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4. Global Governance and the Nationalist Challenge: What
Does Authentic Democracy Require?
8. Immigration
84 8.1. Introduction 190
4.1. Global Governance: Further Considerations in Support 86 8.2. Some Realistic Options for Here and Now 194
4.2. Fairness in Global Governance Arrangements 80 8.3. Summary of Findings and Conclusions
210
4.3. Concluding Remarks 109
9. The Global Economic Order and Global Justice 220
II. Moving from Theory to Public Policy: Closing the Gap
between Theory and Practice
9.1. Introduction 220
9.2. The Link between Free Trade and Poverty Reduction 221
Overview 117 9.3. Improving Trade Arrangements, Negotiations, and the
Goals of Economic Justice 227
5. Global Poverty, Taxation, and Global Justice 119
5.1. Introduction to Some Key Issues 120
9.4. The Global Economic Order, Improving Wages
and Working Conditions 232
5.2. Some Problems with our Taxation and Accounting
Arrangements 9.5. Just Linkage 235
125 9.6. Concluding Remarks 237
5.3. Dues to Protect Global Public Goods and Tackle Global
Poverty 130 III. From Public Policy Back to Theory 5.4. Summary of Main Conclusions 139
Overview 247
6. Basic Liberties and Global Justice ISI
6.1. What is So Special about Basic Liberties? 152
10. What Do We Owe Co-nationals and Non-nationals? Why
the Liberal Nationalist Account Fails and How We Can
6.2. The Current Situation: Are People's Basic Liberties Well Do Better 248
Protected Today? 156 o.I. Yael Tamir's Liberal Nationalism 249
6.3. Obstacles to Freedom: Some Analysis 158 10.2. David Miller's Account 256
6.4. Internal Mechanisms to Protect Basic Liberties: The
Crucial Role of Freedom of the Press 161
10.3. Lessons from Liberal Nationalists: A Better Approach for
Working Out What We Owe Non-nationals 264
6.5. Provisions to Secure More Justice 166
6.6. Summary and Concluding Remarks 169
10.4. Consideration of Some Important Objections
to 'Impartialism' 266
7. Humanitarian Intervention 172
7.1. Overview 172
11. Has My Model of Global Justice Made Adequate Space
for Legitimate Forms of Nationalism? 274
7.2. Two Important Alleged Tensions 172
7.3. The Moral Argument 174
11.1. Can Compatriot Favouritism be Justified? Does
Obligation Diminish with Distance? 275
7.4. The Report by the International Commission
on Intervention and State Sovereignty 181
7.5. Closing the Gaps between What is Morally Desirable
and the Current Situation, and Concluding Remarks
11.2. Does My Account of Global Justice Leave Adequate
Space for Our Legitimate National Aspirations? A Case
Study 282
185 11.3. Reconsideration of the General Issues 291
xiv CONTENTS12. Equality, Cosmopolitanism, and Global Justice 298
12.1. Recapping Central Points Concerning Equality from
Previous Chapters 299
12.2. Elizabeth Anderson's Version of Democratic Equality 301
12.3. Democratic Equality and Global Justice 304
12.4. Responsive Democracy and Democratic Equality 309
12.5. My Account Captures Our Equality Better than Rival
Conceptions Attuned Exclusively to Distributional Issues
311 12.6. The Cosmopolitan Credentials of My Account of Global
Justice Reviewed
315 12.7. Summary and Conclusions 318 13. Scepticism about Feasibility and Conclusions 322
13.1. Summary of Central Findings 322 13.2. Scepticism about Feasibility 325
Bibliography 335

Index- 355