Global Justice between Minimalism and Egalitarianism

Many of the most important recent debates on global distributive justice take place between defenders of global egalitarian positions, on the one hand, and defenders of more sufficientarian or 'minimalist' positions on the other. This paper reviews two recent contributions to those debates, from Pablo Gilabert (in his book From Global Poverty to Global Equality) and Mathias Risse (in his book On Global Justice). It offers an account of their respective strengths, and seeks to situate their arguments within the on-going debate between egalitarianism and minimalism at the global level.