A Duty with No Obligations?

The previous chapter dealt with the ideal theory of the Law of Peoples. It concluded that in a society of well-ordered peoples, which are politically autonomous, independent, and in control of their development, both a distributive principle and wealth transfers would be inappropriate from a Rawlsian perspective on justice. Principles regulating trade and co-operative organizations are germane, but any further measures would be indefensible. This, however, leaves open many questions in regard to non-ideal theory, and those societies that are outside the Society of Peoples and are not considered well-ordered.