3.2: Cosmopolitanism and Global Distributive Justice
3.2.1: Obligation and the Relevance of Global Distributive Justice
Read this article. Kamminga provides an argument for cosmopolitan liberalism. Kamminga uses the adjectives of natural, relevant, fair, and obligatory to describe the nature of global justice. Pay attention to the argument for each attribute.
Go to page 45 of the document, and read the second lecture in the series. Nussbaum examines the usefulness of the social contract theory (with special emphasis on Rawls) for accounting for a model of global justice. She argues that social contract theorizing falls short when applied to the global stage. In its stead, Nussbaum proposes a capabilities approach that is anchored in the pursuit of basic human necessities for the achievement of global justice.
3.2.2: Ethics and the Economic Aspects of Global Distributive Justice
Read this condensed version of Nussbaum's lecture. Here, Nussbaum offers an account of the history of the problem of material aid through the work of Cicero. She comes to the conclusion that we cannot be satisfied "with his evasions" and must continue to work towards a more economically just international order.
Read this scholarly review and assessment of Amartya Sen's work. Amartya Sen, a renowned economist and Nobel Prize recipient, has made significant contributions to the field of economics and political philosophy/philosophical political science. Please read the entire paper to gain an appreciation for the nexus between various academic inquiries and the ways in which Sen advanced an ethical universalist approach to economics.