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ABSTRACT
Most people assume that the natural resources of a country belong to its people. Theorists of cosmopolitan resource justice have recently questioned this assumption, arguing that extensive rights of peoples over natural resources cannot be justified. In response, defences of peoples’ resource rights, grounded in the value of self-determination, have been tepid. This paper argues against both positions. It advances the distinct thesis that popular resource sovereignty is justified as the resource rights allocation that maximizes well-being. This consequentialist account provides superior normative foundations for peoples’ resource rights.
Acknowledgments
Special thanks go to Leif Wenar who has generously given his time to comment on the themes of this article both in conversation and in writing. I would like to thank Alex Bryan, Laura Lo Coco, Alan Coffee, Ezequiel Monti, Margaret Moore, Costanza Porro and Jonathan Wolff for their insightful comments on earlier drafts of this article. I also thank two anonymous reviewers for their detailed and useful comments. I am grateful to the participants of the Brave New World conference, at the University of Manchester, for their helpful comments.
Disclosure Statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.