Christopher Heath Wellman
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4384750 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Christopher Heath Wellman |
| PRENOMES | Christopher Heath |
| SOBRENOME | Wellman |
| ASSINATURA | WELLMAN C H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Georgia State University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 78 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1995 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Immigration, freedom and the state
In Immigration and Freedom, Chandran Kukathas provides sophisticated and empirically informed arguments that it is impermissible and inadvisable to forcibly restrict immigration. In this essay, I focus on Kukathas’s chapter on the state, arguing that he is unduly skeptical of a legitimate state’s right to political self-determination. Even if I am correct, though, Kukathas may be right to warn us that the grave costs of attempting to limit immigr…
On the Ethics of Vaccine Nationalism
COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be scarce for years to come. Many countries, from India to the U.K., have demonstrated vaccine nationalism. What are the ethical limits to this vaccine nationalism? Neither extreme nationalism nor extreme cosmopolitanism is ethically justifiable. Instead, we propose the fair priority for residents (FPR) framework, in which governments can retain COVID-19 vaccine doses for their residents only to the extent that the…
Do Legitimate States Have a Right to Do Wrong
This essay critically assesses Anna Stilz's argument in Territorial Sovereignty: A Philosophical Exploration that legitimate states have a right to do wrong. I concede that individuals enjoy a claim against external interference when they commit suberogatory acts, but I deny that the right to do wrong extends to acts that would violate the rights of others. If this is correct, then one must do more than merely invoke an individual's right to do w…
An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation
The Fair Priority Model offers a practical way to fulfill pledges to distribute vaccines fairly and equitably
No One Defends the Status Quo
Chapter 8 assesses the current US criminal legal system. The chapter argues that when we evaluate this system through the lens of moral side constraints rather than in terms of general justifying aims, it becomes clear that we are not merely doing a poor job of achieving valuable ends, we are violating basic moral rights on a massive scale. Given our indefensible practices of overcriminalizing, overpunishing, incarcerating inmates in inhumane pri…
New Essays in Political and Social Philosophy
Whether it is a result of nature, the consequence of a choice to escape the state of nature, or the outcome of some other process of deliberation, the fact of human association gives rise to recurrent themes in political and social philosophy. The character and requirements of justice, the profile of political legitimacy, and the relationship between the powers of government and the rights of the governed are some of the subjects of ongoing consi…
Liberal Rights and Responsibilities
The twin questions at the heart of political philosophy are "Why may the state forcibly impose itself on its constituents?" and "Why must citizens obey the state's commands?" This collection of eleven essays offers original responses to these fundamental questions and then, building upon these answers, defends a number of distinctive positions concerning the rights and responsibilities individual citizens, separatist groups, and political states …
Liberal Rights and Responsibilities
"The twin questions at the heart of political philosophy are "Why may the state forcibly impose itself on its constituents?" and "Why must citizens obey the state's commands?" In Liberal Rights and Responsibilities, Christopher Heath Wellman offers original responses to these fundamental questions and then, building upon these answers, defends a number of distinctive positions concerning the rights and responsibilities individual citizens, separa…
Immigration and Freedom of Association
This chapter defends a legitimate state’s right to design and enforce its own immigration policy. Wellman’s argument is straightforward and involves only three core premises: (1) legitimate states are entitled to political self-determination, (2) freedom of association is an integral component of self-determination, and (3) freedom of association includes the right to refuse to associate with others. Combining these three premises, Wellman reason…
The Rights Forfeiture Theory of Punishment
Punishment is notoriously difficult to justify because, by definition, it involves visiting hard treatment upon those who are punished. The rights forfeiture theory of punishment contends that punishment is justified when and because the criminal has forfeited her right not to be subjected to this hard treatment. This view has very few advocates. In fact, because of a number of apparently devastating objections, this account is seldom even taken …
New essays in political and social philosophy
Debating the Ethics of Immigration
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 ... In addition to engaging with each other's arguments, Wellman and Cole address a range of central questions and prominent positions on this topic. The authors therefore…
In Defense of the Right to Exclude
This chapter offers a moral defense of the right of states to control immigration, or what is known as the right of exclusion. It argues that legitimate political states are morally entitled to unilaterally design and enforce their own immigration policies, even if these policies exclude potential immigrants who desperately want to enter. This argument is based on three core premises: legitimate states are entitled to political self-determination…
Debate
A Liberal Theory of International Justice
1. Introduction 2. Democracy and Self-Determination 3. Secession 4. International Criminal Law 5. Armed Intervention and Political Assassination 6. International Distributive Justice 7. Immigration 8. Conclusion References
Rights and State Punishment
Immigration and Freedom of Association
In this essay I appeal to the value of freedom of association to construct a presumptive case in favor of a state's right to set its own immigration policy and then defend this prima facie case against the formidable arguments that have been made on behalf of open borders. I ultimately conclude that, even if egalitarians are right that those of us in wealthy societies have demanding duties of global distributive justice, and even if libertarians …
A Defense of Stiffer Penalties for Hate Crimes
After defining a hate crime as an offense in which the criminal selects the victim at least in part because of an animus toward members of the group to which the victim belongs, this essay surveys the standard justifications for state punishment en route to defending the permissibility of imposing stiffer penalties for hate crimes. It also argues that many standard instances of rape and domestic battery are hate crimes and may be punished as such…
A Defense of Stiffer Penalties for Hate Crimes
After defining a hate crime as an offense in which the criminal selects the victim at least in part because of an animus toward members of the group to which the victim belongs, this essay surveys the standard justifications for state punishment en route to defending the permissibility of imposing stiffer penalties for hate crimes. It also argues that many standard instances of rape and domestic battery are hate crimes and may be punished as such
Feinberg's Two Concepts of Rights
This article argues that there is a fundamental tension between Joel Feinberg's theory of the nature of rights and his account of what types of beings are potential right-holders. In explaining this tension, I argue that Feinberg actually adopts two competing concepts of rights. Clearly, Feinberg must choose between these two theories, but I suggest that both are attractive and that neither view can be selected as either “correct” or “incorrect” …
Is There a Duty to Obey the Law?
The central question in political philosophy is whether political states have the right to coerce their constituents and whether citizens have a moral duty to obey the commands of their state. In this 2005 book, Christopher Heath Wellman and A. John Simmons defend opposing answers to this question. Wellman bases his argument on samaritan obligations to perform easy rescues, arguing that each of us has a moral duty to obey the law as his or her fa…
Why I Am Not an Anarchist
I don't have many vivid memories from childhood, but among those that stand out, I distinctly remember sitting at a stoplight and seeing a bumper sticker that proclaimed "Taxation is slavery!" This sticker made a great impression on me because I found it so bewildering; I could not fathom why anyone would compare taxation – a natural and appropriate part of our lives – to slavery – a horribly unjust institution. Indeed, at the time (I think I was…
Political Obligation and the Particularity Requirement
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The Paradox of Group Autonomy
This essay explores the prospects of developing a satisfying account of group autonomy without rejecting value-individualism. That is, I will examine whether one can adequately explain the moral reasons to respect a group's claim to self-determination while insisting that only individual persons are of ultimate moral value.
Lincoln on Secession
Liberalism, Samaritanism, and Political Legitimacy
A Defense of Secession and Political Self‐Determination
Friends, Compatriots, and Special Political Obligations
On the Ethics of Vaccine Nationalism
COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be scarce for years to come. Many countries, from India to the U.K., have demonstrated vaccine nationalism. What are the ethical limits to this vaccine nationalism? Neither extreme nationalism nor extreme cosmopolitanism is ethically justifiable. Instead, we propose the fair priority for residents (FPR) framework, in which governments can retain COVID-19 vaccine doses for their residents only to the extent that the…
Debate
Do Legitimate States Have a Right to Do Wrong
This essay critically assesses Anna Stilz's argument in Territorial Sovereignty: A Philosophical Exploration that legitimate states have a right to do wrong. I concede that individuals enjoy a claim against external interference when they commit suberogatory acts, but I deny that the right to do wrong extends to acts that would violate the rights of others. If this is correct, then one must do more than merely invoke an individual's right to do w…
A Defense of Secession and Political Self‐Determination
Liberalism, Samaritanism, and Political Legitimacy
Associative Allegiances and Political Obligations
Evaluation critique de la theorie associative de l'obligation politique. Examinant le probleme que pose l'obligation politique pour le liberalisme, d'une part, et la solution que propose la theorie associative en termes de responsabilite contractuelle et de consensus parmi les citoyens, d'autre part, l'A. montre que les modeles associatifs developpes par R. Dworkin et Y. Tamir a partir d'une analogie entre la famille et la communaute, ne resisten…
Toward a Liberal Theory of Political Obligation
Friends, Compatriots, and Special Political Obligations
The Paradox of Group Autonomy
This essay explores the prospects of developing a satisfying account of group autonomy without rejecting value-individualism. That is, I will examine whether one can adequately explain the moral reasons to respect a group's claim to self-determination while insisting that only individual persons are of ultimate moral value.
Lincoln on Secession
Environmental ethics
Political Obligation and the Particularity Requirement
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Feinberg's Two Concepts of Rights
This article argues that there is a fundamental tension between Joel Feinberg's theory of the nature of rights and his account of what types of beings are potential right-holders. In explaining this tension, I argue that Feinberg actually adopts two competing concepts of rights. Clearly, Feinberg must choose between these two theories, but I suggest that both are attractive and that neither view can be selected as either “correct” or “incorrect” …
Is There a Duty to Obey the Law?
The central question in political philosophy is whether political states have the right to coerce their constituents and whether citizens have a moral duty to obey the commands of their state. In this 2005 book, Christopher Heath Wellman and A. John Simmons defend opposing answers to this question. Wellman bases his argument on samaritan obligations to perform easy rescues, arguing that each of us has a moral duty to obey the law as his or her fa…
Why I Am Not an Anarchist
I don't have many vivid memories from childhood, but among those that stand out, I distinctly remember sitting at a stoplight and seeing a bumper sticker that proclaimed "Taxation is slavery!" This sticker made a great impression on me because I found it so bewildering; I could not fathom why anyone would compare taxation – a natural and appropriate part of our lives – to slavery – a horribly unjust institution. Indeed, at the time (I think I was…
A Defense of Stiffer Penalties for Hate Crimes
After defining a hate crime as an offense in which the criminal selects the victim at least in part because of an animus toward members of the group to which the victim belongs, this essay surveys the standard justifications for state punishment en route to defending the permissibility of imposing stiffer penalties for hate crimes. It also argues that many standard instances of rape and domestic battery are hate crimes and may be punished as such…
A Defense of Stiffer Penalties for Hate Crimes
After defining a hate crime as an offense in which the criminal selects the victim at least in part because of an animus toward members of the group to which the victim belongs, this essay surveys the standard justifications for state punishment en route to defending the permissibility of imposing stiffer penalties for hate crimes. It also argues that many standard instances of rape and domestic battery are hate crimes and may be punished as such
Immigration and Freedom of Association
In this essay I appeal to the value of freedom of association to construct a presumptive case in favor of a state's right to set its own immigration policy and then defend this prima facie case against the formidable arguments that have been made on behalf of open borders. I ultimately conclude that, even if egalitarians are right that those of us in wealthy societies have demanding duties of global distributive justice, and even if libertarians …
A Liberal Theory of International Justice
1. Introduction 2. Democracy and Self-Determination 3. Secession 4. International Criminal Law 5. Armed Intervention and Political Assassination 6. International Distributive Justice 7. Immigration 8. Conclusion References
Rights and State Punishment
Debating the Ethics of Immigration
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 ... In addition to engaging with each other's arguments, Wellman and Cole address a range of central questions and prominent positions on this topic. The authors therefore…
In Defense of the Right to Exclude
This chapter offers a moral defense of the right of states to control immigration, or what is known as the right of exclusion. It argues that legitimate political states are morally entitled to unilaterally design and enforce their own immigration policies, even if these policies exclude potential immigrants who desperately want to enter. This argument is based on three core premises: legitimate states are entitled to political self-determination…
Debate
New essays in political and social philosophy
New Essays in Political and Social Philosophy
Whether it is a result of nature, the consequence of a choice to escape the state of nature, or the outcome of some other process of deliberation, the fact of human association gives rise to recurrent themes in political and social philosophy. The character and requirements of justice, the profile of political legitimacy, and the relationship between the powers of government and the rights of the governed are some of the subjects of ongoing consi…
Liberal Rights and Responsibilities
The twin questions at the heart of political philosophy are "Why may the state forcibly impose itself on its constituents?" and "Why must citizens obey the state's commands?" This collection of eleven essays offers original responses to these fundamental questions and then, building upon these answers, defends a number of distinctive positions concerning the rights and responsibilities individual citizens, separatist groups, and political states …
Liberal Rights and Responsibilities
"The twin questions at the heart of political philosophy are "Why may the state forcibly impose itself on its constituents?" and "Why must citizens obey the state's commands?" In Liberal Rights and Responsibilities, Christopher Heath Wellman offers original responses to these fundamental questions and then, building upon these answers, defends a number of distinctive positions concerning the rights and responsibilities individual citizens, separa…
Immigration and Freedom of Association
This chapter defends a legitimate state’s right to design and enforce its own immigration policy. Wellman’s argument is straightforward and involves only three core premises: (1) legitimate states are entitled to political self-determination, (2) freedom of association is an integral component of self-determination, and (3) freedom of association includes the right to refuse to associate with others. Combining these three premises, Wellman reason…
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