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Debating the Ethics of Immigration: Is There a Right to Exclude?
Christopher Heath Wellman
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Paperback. 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. Series: Debating Ethics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HPS; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Debating Ethics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199731725
SKU
V9780199731725
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About Christopher Heath Wellman
Christopher Heath Wellman is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis and Professorial Fellow at CAPPE, Charles Sturt University. He works in ethics, specializing in political and legal philosophy. His most recent book, coauthored with Andrew Altman, is A Liberal Theory of International Justice. Phillip Cole is Professor of Applied Philosophy at ... Read more
Reviews for Debating the Ethics of Immigration: Is There a Right to Exclude?
Succeed[s] in exploring the moral dilemmas surrounding immigration in an accessible way. The book consists of two essays: Wellman makes the case for the right to exclude, Cole for a human right to cross national borders. Their study shows vividly how a profound difference of opinion can be clarified by reasoned dialogue, which makes it a lesson in philosophy as ... Read more