Philosophy paper
Defending Miller from Pogge
Starting from where we left off in the debate
The argument ended when I said it’s not the global order or institutions and pongee mentions
extractive industry, pollution, and others things.
I will defend Miller’s stance and modify it bit
Clearly Pogge is missing key aspects that deserve aid such as natural desasters
Miller may be missing aspects that account for the tragedy of the commons problem.
In the case of pollution, the industrialized countries pollute and the effects are akin to
secondhand smoking. Its in the rivers, and the ground impacting ecological systems that are
not so defined by borders
Whos duty for remedial duty / duty of justice?
Pogge clearly blames the international order, and rightly so perhaps.
So does the international order have an obligation of remedial duty or an obligation of remedial
duty as a matter of justice?
Ofcurse miller would claim that the sovereignty and culture of countries should be taken in to
consideration.
Negitive duties is just violent. IE not perpetuating in poverty aleviation would directly result in
the death of the impoverished
One could argue that it is a duty of justice to not have countries in the international order
uphold an imbalanced world worder/ exploitive extractive, colonial one.
At the same time there is varying degrees of duty of justice owed by the countries participating
in the global order.
The USA and CHINA have no larger responsibility of climate mitigation of pollution than poorer
or less dirty countries. Because based on Miller cultural factors must be dertermined and USA
& Chinese culture is not worried about pollution so much.
Main arguments: the Duty to the global poor could best be summed as Miller’s perspective of
Remedial duties and duties of justice.
This paper will follow the main objections by Pogge and affirm Pogge’s stance within the
context of Miller.
This brings the paradox of how could Poggee and Miller’s stance be Similar
I will show that Miller’s contextual/situational method of determining duties of justice
Encompasess Pogge’s claim that the international order is at fault of contributing to global
poverty