Do the demands of egalitarian justice extend to the international realm? Some believe that a positive answer follows from a simple line of reasoning: where a child happens to be born is a morally arbitrary fact; accordingly, it shouldn’t unduly influence her life prospects, as will inevitably be the case unless economic inequalities between countries are ironed out. I argue that this style of argument overlooks an important problem concerning the extent to which a person can unilaterally impose enforceable obligations on others by choosing to have a child. I maintain that properly egalitarian duties of distributive justice only arise when this problem of unilateral imposition has been solved. I further argue that solving the problem requires robust political institutions that do not exist in the international context—institutions instantiating a version of what John Rawls calls pure procedural justice, to ensure that the aggregate result of individual reproductive choices is acceptable to all.

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全球平等主义的一个问题

平等主义正义的要求是否扩展到国际领域？有些人认为，一个简单的推理思路得出肯定的答案：孩子的出生地点在道德上是武断的；因此，它不应过度影响她的生活前景，除非消除国家之间的经济不平等，否则这种情况将不可避免。我认为，这种论点忽略了一个重要问题，即一个人在多大程度上可以通过选择生孩子来单方面将可执行的义务强加给他人。我坚持认为，分配正义的适当平等义务只有在单方面强加的问题得到解决后才会出现。