On Global Justice

Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Part 1: Shared Citizenship and Common Humanity Chapter 1: The Grounds of Justice 1 Chapter 2: "Un Pouvoir Ordinaire": Shared Membership in a State as a Ground of Justice 23 Chapter 3: Internationalism versus Statism and Globalism: Contemporary Debates 41 Chapter 4: What Follows from Our Common Humanity? The Institutional Stance, Human Rights, and Nonrelationism 63 Part 2: Common Ownership of the Earth Chapter 5: Hugo Grotius Revisited: Collective Ownership of the Earth and Global Public Reason 89 Chapter 6: "Our Sole Habitation": A Contemporary Approach to Collective Ownership of the Earth 108 Chapter 7: Toward a Contingent Derivation of Human Rights 130 Chapter 8: Proportionate Use: Immigration and Original Ownership of the Earth 152 Chapter 9: "But the Earth Abideth For Ever": Obligations to Future Generations 167 Chapter 10: Climate Change and Ownership of the Atmosphere 187 Part 3: International Political and Economic Structures Chapter 11: Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order 209 Chapter 12: Arguing for Human Rights: Essential Pharmaceuticals 232 Chapter 13: Arguing for Human Rights: Labor Rights as Human Rights 245 Chapter 14: Justice and Trade 261 Part 4: Global Justice and Institutions Chapter 15: The Way We Live Now 281 Chapter 16: "Imagine There's No Countries": A Reply to John Lennon 304 Chapter 17: Justice and Accountability: The State 325 Chapter 18: Justice and Accountability: The World Trade Organization 346 Notes 361 Bibliography 415 Index 453

Mathias Risse is professor of philosophy and public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

"This book takes the global justice debate to the next level and sets a new standard for philosophical depth, practical relevance, and sweep of vision. Unrivaled in its scope, sophistication, and scholarship, this tremendous achievement marks a turning point in political theory."--Leif Wenar, King's College London