Debating the Ethics of Immigration Is There a Right to Exclude?

Name: Debating the Ethics of Immigration Is There a Right to Exclude?
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ISBN: 9780199731725

ISBN-10: 0199731721

ISBN-13: 9780199731725

Edition: 2011

Authors: Christopher Heath Wellman, Phillip Cole

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Do states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher Heath Wellman and Phillip Cole develop and defend opposing answers to this timely and important question. Appealing to the right to freedom of association, Wellman contends that legitimate states have broad discretion to exclude potential immigrants, even those who desperately seek to enter. Against this, Cole argues that the commitment to the moral equality of all human beings - which legitimate states can be expected to hold - means national borders must be open: equal respect requires equal access, both to territory…

Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/20/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.39" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction




freedom of association and the right to exclude




In Defense of the Right to Exclude



The Egalitarian Case for Open Borders



The Libertarian Case for Open Borders



The Democratic Case for Open Borders



The Utilitarian Casefor Open Borders



Refugees



Toward an International Institution with Authority over Immigration



Guest Workers



Selection Criteria



Conclusion



Open Borders: An Ethical Defense




The Shape of the Debate



The Case Against the Right to Exclude



Wellman on Freedom of Association



Consequentialist Concerns



Toward a Right to Mobility



Conclusion


Index