RHETOR 115 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Nationstates, Dey, World Trade Organization
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Current arrangements currently violate the transnational responsibility for economic and social well being and have sparked debate about international distributive justice. Debate about international distributive justice is new feature in political philosophy. Many others following him defended the concern for the poor and the need for the wealthy to feed them. Also pointed out the arbitrary moral status of nation-state boundaries. Others defend the ethical significance of nation-states (rawls, miller, walzer) Aim in book; reach conclusions about the reasonable position. Deals with the proper distribution of benefits and burdens among persons. Just distribution: each person receives what is his or her due (what is due each person is the job of specific substantive positions on the qusetion of dj, that need to be hashed out) But link between rights and justice evidence in our common sense thinking. David johnston"s distinction between individual rights and distributive justice does not helpful here.
