Abstract

POGGE, Thomas. ¿Qué es la justicia global?. Rev. latinoam. filos. [online]. 2007, vol.33, n.2, pp.181-203. ISSN 1852-7353.

There are more books and essays on 'global justice' in this millennium already than in the preceding one, at least as far as computers can tell. Some of the broad topics currently debated under the heading of "global justice" have been discussed for centuries, back to the beginnings of civilization. But they were discussed under different labels, such as "international justice", "international ethics," and "the law of nations." This essay explores the significance of this shift in terminology. Distinctive of the philosophical framework associated with the increasingly prominent expression "global justice." is the focus on the causal and moral analysis of the global institutional order against the background of its feasible and reachable alternatives. Within this general global-justice approach, distinct conceptions of global justice will differ in the specific criteria of global justice they propose. But such criteria will coincide in their emphasis on the question of how well our global institutional order is doing, compared to its feasible and reachable alternatives, in regard to the fundamental human interests that matter from a moral point of view. Extending institutional moral analysis beyond the state, this question focuses attention on how today's massive incidence of violence and severe poverty, and the huge excesses of mortality and morbidity they cause might be avoided not merely through better government behavior, internally and internationally, but also, and much more effectively, through global institutional reforms that would, among other things, elevate such government behavior by modifying the options governments have and the incentives they face.

Keywords : Global Justice; Poverty; Global institutional order; Institutional Reform.

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