Kieran Oberman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1094119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kieran Oberman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kieran |
| FAMILY NAME | Oberman |
| SIGNATURE | OBERMAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3592-2561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Enough Spurious Distinctions
What makes refugees different to non-refugee migrants? A plausible answer is that refugees need refuge. Within their home state, they fall below some threshold. To fulfil their basic human needs, they must migrate elsewhere. Non-refugee migrants might be badly off in relative terms, but they don’t fall below this threshold. It is because refugees need refuge that they have a claim to refuge. States are obligated to admit them at least when they c…
Freedom and Viruses
A common argument against lockdowns is that they restrict freedom. On this view, lockdowns might be effective in protecting public health, but their impact on freedom is purely negative. This article challenges that view. It argues that while lockdowns restrict freedom, so too do viruses. Since viruses restrict freedom and lockdowns protect us from viruses, lockdowns can protect us from the harmful effects that viruses have on freedom. The proble…
Refugee Discrimination – The Good, the Bad, and the Pragmatic
This article addresses three questions. To what extent does the current refugee regime discriminate among refugees? When is such discrimination wrong? Could discrimination ever be justified pragmatically, for the sake of admitting more refugees given political constraints? In answer to the first question, it finds discrimination is rampant. There is the kind of discrimination that gets noticed: discrimination that states choose to enact within th…
Killing and Rescuing
This article addresses a previously overlooked problem in the ethics of defensive killing. Everyone agrees that defensive killing can only be justified when it is necessary. But necessary for what? That seemingly simple question turns out to be surprisingly difficult to answer. Imagine Attacker is trying to kill Victim, and the only way one could save Victim is by killing Attacker. It would seem that, in such a case, killing is necessary. But now…
Strangers in Our Midst
Migration challenges how we think about justice and state sovereignty. This is no less the case for political theorists, and this review symposium focuses on the work of one of the foremost political theorists working on these questions today. In his latest book – Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Migration – David Miller argues for a realist approach to migration, an approach that takes into consideration not just what we ought…
Immigration as a Human Right
This chapter argues that people have a human right to immigrate to other states. People have essential interests in being able to make important personal decisions and engage in politics without state restrictions on the options available to them. It is these interests that other human rights, such as the human rights to internal freedom of movement and freedom of association, protect. The human right to immigrate is not absolute. Like the other …
Immigration, Citizenship, and Consent
What is Wrong with Permanent Alienage? A migrant's path to citizenship involves two important steps.The first is immigration; the second naturalization.Each step corresponds to an important ethical question.Must foreigners be allowed to immigrate?Must immigrants be offered citizenship?Liberal democratic states offer a different answer to each of these questions.While they continue to jealously guard their power to restrict immigration, they have…
The Myth of the Optional War
Poverty and Immigration Policy
What are the ethical implications of global poverty for immigration policy? This article finds substantial evidence that migration is effective at reducing poverty. There is every indication that the adoption of a fairly open immigration policy by rich countries, coupled with selective use of immigration restrictions in cases of deleterious brain drain, could be of significant assistance to people living in poor countries. Empirically there is no…
Beyond Sectarianism? On David Miller’s Theory of Human Rights
Immigration, Global Poverty and the Right to Stay
This article questions the use of immigration as a tool to counter global poverty. It argues that poor people have a human right to stay in their home state, which entitles them to receive development assistance without the necessity of migrating abroad. The article thus rejects a popular view in the philosophical literature on immigration which holds that rich states are free to choose between assisting poor people in their home states and admit…
Justice Beyond Borders
Poverty and Immigration Policy
What are the ethical implications of global poverty for immigration policy? This article finds substantial evidence that migration is effective at reducing poverty. There is every indication that the adoption of a fairly open immigration policy by rich countries, coupled with selective use of immigration restrictions in cases of deleterious brain drain, could be of significant assistance to people living in poor countries. Empirically there is no…
Immigration, Global Poverty and the Right to Stay
This article questions the use of immigration as a tool to counter global poverty. It argues that poor people have a human right to stay in their home state, which entitles them to receive development assistance without the necessity of migrating abroad. The article thus rejects a popular view in the philosophical literature on immigration which holds that rich states are free to choose between assisting poor people in their home states and admit…
Immigration, Citizenship, and Consent
What is Wrong with Permanent Alienage? A migrant's path to citizenship involves two important steps.The first is immigration; the second naturalization.Each step corresponds to an important ethical question.Must foreigners be allowed to immigrate?Must immigrants be offered citizenship?Liberal democratic states offer a different answer to each of these questions.While they continue to jealously guard their power to restrict immigration, they have…
The Myth of the Optional War
Strangers in Our Midst
Migration challenges how we think about justice and state sovereignty. This is no less the case for political theorists, and this review symposium focuses on the work of one of the foremost political theorists working on these questions today. In his latest book – Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Migration – David Miller argues for a realist approach to migration, an approach that takes into consideration not just what we ought…
Justice Beyond Borders
Justice Beyond Borders
Immigration, Global Poverty and the Right to Stay
This article questions the use of immigration as a tool to counter global poverty. It argues that poor people have a human right to stay in their home state, which entitles them to receive development assistance without the necessity of migrating abroad. The article thus rejects a popular view in the philosophical literature on immigration which holds that rich states are free to choose between assisting poor people in their home states and admit…
Beyond Sectarianism? On David Miller’s Theory of Human Rights
The Myth of the Optional War
Poverty and Immigration Policy
What are the ethical implications of global poverty for immigration policy? This article finds substantial evidence that migration is effective at reducing poverty. There is every indication that the adoption of a fairly open immigration policy by rich countries, coupled with selective use of immigration restrictions in cases of deleterious brain drain, could be of significant assistance to people living in poor countries. Empirically there is no…
Immigration as a Human Right
This chapter argues that people have a human right to immigrate to other states. People have essential interests in being able to make important personal decisions and engage in politics without state restrictions on the options available to them. It is these interests that other human rights, such as the human rights to internal freedom of movement and freedom of association, protect. The human right to immigrate is not absolute. Like the other …
Immigration, Citizenship, and Consent
What is Wrong with Permanent Alienage? A migrant's path to citizenship involves two important steps.The first is immigration; the second naturalization.Each step corresponds to an important ethical question.Must foreigners be allowed to immigrate?Must immigrants be offered citizenship?Liberal democratic states offer a different answer to each of these questions.While they continue to jealously guard their power to restrict immigration, they have…
Strangers in Our Midst
Migration challenges how we think about justice and state sovereignty. This is no less the case for political theorists, and this review symposium focuses on the work of one of the foremost political theorists working on these questions today. In his latest book – Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Migration – David Miller argues for a realist approach to migration, an approach that takes into consideration not just what we ought…
Refugee Discrimination – The Good, the Bad, and the Pragmatic
This article addresses three questions. To what extent does the current refugee regime discriminate among refugees? When is such discrimination wrong? Could discrimination ever be justified pragmatically, for the sake of admitting more refugees given political constraints? In answer to the first question, it finds discrimination is rampant. There is the kind of discrimination that gets noticed: discrimination that states choose to enact within th…
Killing and Rescuing
This article addresses a previously overlooked problem in the ethics of defensive killing. Everyone agrees that defensive killing can only be justified when it is necessary. But necessary for what? That seemingly simple question turns out to be surprisingly difficult to answer. Imagine Attacker is trying to kill Victim, and the only way one could save Victim is by killing Attacker. It would seem that, in such a case, killing is necessary. But now…
Freedom and Viruses
A common argument against lockdowns is that they restrict freedom. On this view, lockdowns might be effective in protecting public health, but their impact on freedom is purely negative. This article challenges that view. It argues that while lockdowns restrict freedom, so too do viruses. Since viruses restrict freedom and lockdowns protect us from viruses, lockdowns can protect us from the harmful effects that viruses have on freedom. The proble…
Enough Spurious Distinctions
What makes refugees different to non-refugee migrants? A plausible answer is that refugees need refuge. Within their home state, they fall below some threshold. To fulfil their basic human needs, they must migrate elsewhere. Non-refugee migrants might be badly off in relative terms, but they don’t fall below this threshold. It is because refugees need refuge that they have a claim to refuge. States are obligated to admit them at least when they c…
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Law and economics (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (4 works) · Immigration (4 works)