What is wrong with colonialism? The standard—albeit often implicit—answer to this question has been that colonialism was wrong because it violated the territorial rights of indigenous peoples, where territorial rights were grounded on acquisition theories. Recently, the standard view has come under attack: according to critics, acquisition based accounts do not provide solid theoretical grounds to condemn colonial relations. Indeed, historically they were used to justify colonialism. Various alternative accounts of the wrong of colonialism have been developed. According to some, colonialism involved a violation of territorial rights grounded on legitimate state theory. Others reject all explanations of colonialism's wrongfulness based on territorial rights, and argue that colonial practices were wrong because they departed from ideals of economic, social, and political association. In this article, we articulate and defend the standard view against critics: colonialism involved a procedural wrong; this wrong is not the violation of standards of equality and reciprocity, but the violation of territorial rights; and the best foundation for such territorial rights is acquisition based, not legitimacy based. We argue that this issue is not just of historical interest, it has relevant implications for the normative evaluation of contemporary inequalities.

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领土权利和殖民错误

殖民主义有什么问题？对这个问题的标准——尽管常常是含蓄的——答案是殖民主义是错误的，因为它侵犯了土著人民的领土权利，而土著人民的领土权利是建立在获取理论的基础上的。最近，标准观点受到了攻击：批评者认为，基于收购的描述并没有为谴责殖民关系提供坚实的理论依据。事实上，从历史上看，它们被用来证明殖民主义。对殖民主义错误的各种不同的解释已经发展起来。一些人认为，殖民主义涉及侵犯基于合法国家理论的领土权利。其他人则拒绝基于领土权利对殖民主义的不法性的所有解释，并认为殖民实践是错误的，因为它们背离了经济、社会和政治联合的理想。在本文中，我们针对批评者阐明并捍卫标准观点：殖民主义涉及程序错误；这种错误不是违反平等互惠的标准，而是侵犯领土权利；此类领土权利的最佳基础是基于获取的，而不是基于合法性的。我们认为这个问题不仅具有历史意义，