Analysis Of Walzer, Pogge, And Sachs Approach On Global...

Reconfiguring responsibility: An analysis of Walzer, Pogge, and Sachs approach on global economic and social justice In our modern age, the introduction of a global economy has led to a varying degree of achievements ranging from technological advances, higher life expectancies, and even the introduction of new world powers. Positive advances, they continue to reconstruct our world into an increasingly more connected and developed system of nations. However, this economic advancement is not equally distributed as continents’ economies, such as Africa’s, â€Å"have grown at an average of 0.7 percent per year† forcing civilians to continue to struggle with poverty, corruption, and disease (Sachs 30). Consequently, scholars such as Michael Walzer, Thomas Pogge, and Jeffery Sachs, each seek to explain and solution these great disparities. In the context of their works, they attempt to reconnect the civilian’s desire for an improved global economy with a responsibility toward the well being of the world society as a whole (social justice). In an effort to illustrate my poi nt, this paper will place into conversation the scholars arguments by addressing their perspectives on obligation, strategy for achieving justice, and expand on why I agree most with Jeffery Sachs. Obligation Beginning with obligation, all the scholars acknowledge the immense inequalities of wealth and power, which contribute to â€Å"poverty, malnutrition, and illness† (Walzer 42). However, the figures,