加拿大：机会均等的全球化？　2006年　19 Can.docVIP

19 Can. J.L. Juris. 301, * Copyright (c) 2006 Canadian Journal of Law and JurisprudenceThe Canadian Journal of Law Jurisprudence July, 2006 19 Can. J.L. Juris. 301 LENGTH: 10511 wordsARTICLE: Equality of Opportunity Globalized?NAME: Darrel MoellendorfBIO: I am grateful to Gillian Brock, Thomas Pogge, Kok-Chor Tan, and Mark Wheeler for comments on an earlier version of this paper.SUMMARY:... The ideal of equality of opportunity is meant to mitigate inequalities that could otherwise be inherited due to inequalities of wealth and income among families. ... The principle of equality of opportunity is minimally egalitarian. ... This yields a pro tanto justification of a principle of equality of opportunity across borders because parties to the original position who are ignorant of their citizenship or nationality, but are mutually indifferent and concerned to maximize their--or their constituents--rational advantage, will not agree to principles that grant citizens of some states, or members of some nations, more opportunities to enjoy those goods distributed or affected by the global economic association, which goods are instrumental to realizing persons highest order moral interests. ... Equality of opportunity for citizenship is a complex ideal involving several different components, including, for example, education, liberty, and basic welfare. ... A more plausible basis of a metric for equality of opportunity within states is, I suspect, the political ideal of equal citizenship. ... Hence, it seems an exaggeration to claim the impossibility of a global ideal that might serve as the basis for a principle of equality of opportunity. ... ?TEXT:?[*301]? IThe ideal of equality of opportunity is meant to mitigate inequalities that could otherwise be inherited due to inequalities of wealth and income among families. It requires equalizing opportunities among persons with approximately equal endowments of some specified sort. The ideal, as I unders