Philosophy 2810F/G Lecture Notes - Ideal Theory

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Fundamental questions about the obligations of nation states and other international actors. Singer individuals we have a moral obligation to give generously to organizations such as oxfam in order to prevent harm caused by extreme poverty. The individual duty view, pogge should support a systemic or institutional solution to global poverty. Toward the institutional rules to which all individuals and states are subject. Perpetuation f the status quo amounts to the coercive imposition of an unjust order on poor countries. People who make extensive use of this planets resources would compensate those who involuntarily are able to use very little. The disbursement scheme should create incentives for developing countries for rewarding significant gains in eradicating poverty. Ngo aid has an aura of handouts and dependence which would be avoided by an institutional solution. Central problem for institutional solutions is how to generate enough goodwill among rich states that they would be willing to commit themselves to these types of reforms.

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