Conclusion

Over the past fifty years, the global justice debate has seen steady injections and interventions of theorists and philosophers. It has developed a rich theoretical landscape, with the most notable contributions originating from Western academia that dominates, in fact, the entire intellectual account of global justice. The subject matter and the contestation on the nature of duties/responsibilities of eradicating world poverty continue to be the core normative issue, but substantial challenges emanate from “outside” of the debate. These challenges underline the inward-looking nature of global duties in contemporary theorisations which are dominated by Western academia and experiences. These formulations are often insensitive/unresponsive to the experiences/realities of the non-Western world on the one side and the dynamics of wealth accumulation in the developing world on the other. Nonetheless, theorists have shown no alacrity to critically engage with embedded parochialism in theorisations of global justice and the dynamic nature of global realities. This contrived disengagement on the part of Western theorists has frustrated many theorists working on the “margins” to such an extent that they fervently advocate for secessionist approaches/perspectives and the repudiation of the global justice debate altogether. This chapter provides a succinct and consolidated summary of the major interventions, arguments, and findings of this book and outlines some definitive future directions ıņ global justice research.