Browsing by Author "Patomäki, Oona"

Recovery from the Covid pandemic has been hampered by a rise in food and energy prices due to climate shocks, conflicts and the war in Ukraine. Globally, over 600 million people live in extreme poverty. This essay highlights global injustices as seen through world inequality. An appeal is made to the individual's sense of moral duty, through the cosmopolitan moral conception of global justice. Finally, looking to the future, the focus is turned to various ways in which a more equal world can be achieved. These include reform proposals that are also characteristic of theories of global justice. This is an essay in the field of political theory. The purpose of this essay is to ask what a more equal world means and how this can be achieved. It touches on the issue of responsibility for global injustices, while focusing on reform proposals. In short, fulfilling moral duties related to global justice is to imagine alternatives that might include just institutions or global social policies, such as global taxes. To conclude, the need for research into what demands are placed on justice reforms in order for them to be considered legitimate is highlighted, for example what democratic criteria are placed on just institutions.