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Ethics, philosophy and immigration

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Fence along the US/Mexico border, near Tijuana
Fence along the US/Mexico border, near Tijuana(Getty Images / Karen Kasmauski)

Does anti-racism require open borders? Should refugees be selected on the basis of the skills they offer? Can immigration restrictions conform to the demands of justice? Conventional wisdom says that philosophers approach these kinds of questions from a normative perspective - their job is to establish principles for how a society should be run, as distinct from the job of a historian or a sociologist. But is that really the case?

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Désirée Lim online

Lorna Finlayson online

Luara Ferracioli online

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Ethics, Globalisation - Society, Refugees, Philosophy
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