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Global inequality and injustice
Author(s) -
Moellendorf Darrel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1651
Subject(s) - injustice , egalitarianism , dignity , inequality , distributive justice , distributive property , poverty , economics , economic justice , sociology , poverty reduction , order (exchange) , law and economics , positive economics , political science , economic system , neoclassical economics , economic growth , law , politics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , finance , pure mathematics
In this paper I shall argue that much of the existing global inequality is unjust, and that this injustice is not only because reducing inequality could serve the important goal of poverty reduction. I reject arguments of John Rawls and Thomas Nagel that limit the importance of distributive egalitarianism to states. I argue in contrast that a commitment to respect for human dignity has egalitarian distributive implications for the global economy. Injustice in the existing institutional order provides reasons for reforming the global institutional structure to reduce inequality. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.