Migration Ethics
Philosophy Podcasts
Migration is one the most controversial topics in public life. It raises urgent ethical questions about how political communities treat outsiders. For a long time, ethicists had nothing to say about the subject but fortunately that's changing. Migration ethics is a fast developing field at the intersection of philosophy and migration studies. The Migration Ethics podcast interviews leading thinkers within that field. It explores the ethical problems migration raises and the ethical principles that might guide our path. Cover art by Raphael Perez.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Philosophy Podcasts
Description:
Migration is one the most controversial topics in public life. It raises urgent ethical questions about how political communities treat outsiders. For a long time, ethicists had nothing to say about the subject but fortunately that's changing. Migration ethics is a fast developing field at the intersection of philosophy and migration studies. The Migration Ethics podcast interviews leading thinkers within that field. It explores the ethical problems migration raises and the ethical principles that might guide our path. Cover art by Raphael Perez.
Language:
English
Website:
https://anchor.fm/kieran-oberman
Episodes
Philosophy Takes on Liz Truss
9/15/2022
We share a recent episode of another philosophy podcast Philosophy Takes on the News. It’s a show in which philosophers chat about the latest events. In this episode, guests chat about Liz Truss’ rise to power, floods in Pakistan, reparations for climate change and much more besides.
Duration:01:49:29
Paul Bou-Habib on the Real Problem with Brain Drain
8/19/2022
Here’s three facts about the Nigeria. Fact one: Nigerians have just 4 doctors per 10,000 people. For comparison, the UK has 30 doctors per 10,000 people, that’s more than seven times as many. Fact two: life expectancy in Nigeria is just 55. In the UK it’s 81. Fact three: half of Nigerian doctors are currently working abroad. Some take such facts as a sign of the costs of migration. They blame migration for draining poor countries of the skilled professionals they desperately need to address...
Helen Frowe on the Case for Refugee Discrimination
7/12/2022
What do Albert Einstein, Madeleine Albeit and Freddie Mercury have in common? Well, at least two things. All three were refugees and all three made dedicated contributions in their respective fields. In these respects, they are not unique. Most refugees work and pay taxes. Many contribute more to their host countries than receive back in benefits. By selecting refugees based on their ability to pay, governments can maximise the chances that those they admit will, at the very least, offset...
Rufaida Al Hashmi on Immigration and Historical Injustice
6/9/2022
In 1882, the US government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act banning the entry of Chinese people into the United States. The act was the product of a decades long campaign by white nativists against the influx of Chinese workers to California. It was the first act in US history to exclude people on grounds of race. Looking back, the Chinese Exclusion Act seems clearly unjust. Immigration policy should not discriminate on racial grounds. But if the Chinese Exclusion Act was unjust, does this...
Jamie Draper on Climate Displacement
4/1/2022
In 1951 diplomats from around the world met in Geneva, Switzerland to sign the UN convention relating to the status of refugees. The Convention was designed to address the most pressing cause of displacement in Europe at the time: the persecution of minorities and political opponents by authoritarian governments. In the years since, we've come to learn of a new threat: climate change. The changing climate and associated weather events are forcing many to leave their homes. The 1951...
Victor Tadros on Refuge and Aid
1/10/2022
The UK government is, once again, promising to get tough on migration. The Nationality and Asylum Bill, introduced to parliament by Home Secretary Preti Patel, is designed to make it as hard as possible for people to claim asylum. When challenged, the government likes to talk up its contributions to foreign aid. But what do aid and migration have to do with each other? Well, perhaps the logic is this. There are many people in need throughout the world and most of them do not migrate. By...
Mollie Gerver on Ethical Border Enforcement
12/13/2021
During the Trump administration, US border agents were directed to separate detained migrants from their children. That produced an outcry. Under Biden, border agents have been photographed using horses to charge at migrants trying to cross the border. That too has an produced outcry. But if these measures are wrong, which measures a permissible? After all, few people think the border restrictions can never be justified no matter what the circumstances. How then should borders be enforced?...