Global Political Issues Flashcards
What are the arguments for: Should there be a human right to immigrate?
- What is a human right to immigrate?
- For
- Against: David Miller
- Conclusion: Seglow
What is a human right to immigrate?
- Human rights are seen as universal and the bare minimum.
- A human right to immigrate would mean no barriers to immigration.
What does Fine claim about the right of exclusion?
That states need moral justification because so many people are affected.
What are the two core arguments for the human right of immigration?
- No ‘self’ for self-determination.
- Distributive justice.
What is the no ‘self’ argument against right to exclude?
- Many claim that states should have self-determination as grounds for right to exclude.
- But we do not know what this ‘self’ is.
- It cannot be cultural as many developed countries are multicultural.
- It cannot be indigenous people as many countries consist mainly of non-indigenous people.
- It can’t be ‘those affected’ as countries affect people globally.
What is the distributive justice argument for the right to immigration?
- Where people are born is a matter of chance.
- Therefore, it is not fair that people are born into poorer countries.
- If we value fairness and equality then maintaining this inequality is morally unjust worthy.
- According to Utilitarianism, this is a net possitive.
- This is because poor people get to live better lives and richer countries get better a economy.
What are the objections to the DJ argument for the right to immigrate?
- The economic impact is not clear, it could be worse.
- Sending resources to make poorer countries is a better option.
What are Miller’s two arguments against the right to immigration?
- Preserving the culture.
- Population control.
What is your example that supports Miller’s population control objection?
- An immigrant will go to the best possible country.
- There is only one best possible country at any time.
- Therefore, all immigrants will go there.
- This would over-extend that country.
- This country becomes worse, making it no longer the best country.
- The cycle continues.
What is an objection against you population control issue example?
It is a high toll to move countries, most people would rather stay where they are if possible.
What is you conclusion to: Should there be a human right to immigrate?
Agree with Seglow.
- Richer countries have a duty to increase resources of poorer countries until they are equal.
- Until then, any exclusion of immigrants must have ‘good reason’.
- Doesn’t force people to leave any no bad effects for poor/rich countries’ economies.
- Addresses the moral issue.
What is the problem with Miller’s objections to immigration as a human right?
It doesn’t address the moral issue.
What are the arguments for: Are the duties we owe to our fellow nationals more extensive than the duties we owe to human beings as such?
- Cosmopolitanism
- Against
What is Cosmopolitanism?
That we should view all of humanity having interlinked interests.
- Thus we should get rid of arbitrary associations.
- We are citizens of the world.
What are moral cosmopolitans?
Due to our interlinked interests and our moral equality, we must all be accounted for equally when making moral decisions.
What kind of cosmopolitanism are you arguing against?
Moral Cosmopolitanism.
What did Blake argue about Cosmopolitanism?
That due to increase globalisation, we are all cosmopolitans now.
What three ways is cosmopolitanism split?
- Institutional
- Cultural
- Moral
What does Ypi claim about the moral aspect of cosmopolitanism?
Globalisation entails equally demanding obligations to all people.
- It is to be views as justice rather than charity.
What does Pogge claim about nationalism?
That it is simply another arbitrary basis for inequality and discrimination, such as race and sex.
What does Casey claim about DJ?
If we are to regard each individual as having equal moral standing, then it is wrong to conclude that DJ only applies to some domestic scope.
What are the three problems with Cosmopolitanism?
- Moral equality does not entail cosmopolitanism.
- We have different morals.
- Practical issues.
Why does moral equality no entail cosmopolitanism?
If we are equal, then we are free to associate with whom we like.
- We associate with different views and culture.
- These are often represented through nationality.
What is the ‘we have different morals’ objection?
- We are morally equal.
- We have different wants and needs.
- We have equal freedom to our own morals.
- We often morally disagree.
- Cosmopolitanism assumes a universal morality.
- Therefore, cosmopolitanism is false.
What kind of practical issues are there with Cosmopolitanism?
Voting, Policing, Public Services, Religion, etc.
What is you conclusion on: Are the duties we owe to our fellow nationals more extensive than the duties we owe to human beings as such?
- Cosmopolitanism seems to fail as a global institutional, cultural, and moral system.
- However, the idea that we should consider all seems to a positive ideal to incorporate into specific states.
