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Explains why Kant's legal theory requires us to establish a coercive global legal order that is accountable to everyone before we can accept any property claims as conclusive (settled as justified to all).
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Why is it important?
Shows that (contrary to the prevailing interpretation), Kant thought that (1) a legal world order accountable to everyone is required by justice, (2) and that such a global order is a necessary condition of any legitimate property claims.
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This page is a summary of: A Kantian argument against world poverty, European Journal of Political Theory, August 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1474885116662566.
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