Justice, charity, and disaster relief: what, if anything, is owed to Haiti, Japan, and New Zealand?

I am grateful to Thomas Pogge, Miriam Ronzoni, Henry Shue, Annie Stilz, and John Tasioulas for reading and commenting on earlier drafts of this article. Previous incarnations of it (by the title “Global Justice and Assistance: Three Approaches and a Fourth One”) were presented at the Nuffield Political Theory Workshop (Oxford, 2008), the University of Manchester Political Theory Seminar (Manchester, 2009), the Political Studies Association Annual Conference (Manchester, 2009), and the International Ethics and Public Policy reading group (ANU, 2009). I wish to thank the participants at these events, particularly Christian Barry, Richard Child, Pablo Gilabert, Robert Jubb, and Patrick Tomlin (twice), for excellent comments and critical remarks. I am also grateful to the Editor of the American Journal of Political Science and the anonymous reviewers of this article for their detailed and helpful comments. Finally, special thanks go to Christian List for his advice, patience, and continued support.