Should we open borders? Yes, but not in the name of global justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12866779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Borja Niño Arnaiz (0000-0001-9585-2473, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 55-68 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics & Global Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1654-6369 • E-ISSN: 1654-4951 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/16544951.2022.2081398 |
| OpenAlex | W4281781600 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
Some proponents of global justice question that opening borders is an effective strategy to alleviate global poverty and reduce inequalities between countries. This article goes a step further and asks whether an open borders policy is compatible with the objectives of global distributive justice. The latter, it will be argued, entails the ordering of needs, the assignment of priorities and the preference or subordination of some interests over others. In other words, global justice requires the establishment of conditions and restrictions on mobility. On the contrary, open borders claim an unrestricted and unconditional (not unqualified) freedom of movement, limited only by public health considerations, serious threats to national security or democratic institutions, but not by an aspiration for maximizing global redistributive utility. The main point is that not only would freedom of movement be instrumentalized, losing its presumptive moral force, but ultimately open borders as a remedy of global justice are an oxymoron. The article concludes with an alternative defence of freedom of international movement
Democracy · Distributive justice · Economic Justice · Global justice · Law and economics · Oxymoron · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Why Nations Fail
Is There an Unqualified Right to Leave?
Strangers in Our Midst
Debating the Ethics of Immigration
Global Justice
The Problem of Global Justice
Is There a Right to Immigrate
Immigration as a Human Right
Justice, Migration, and Mercy
Immigration and Democracy
Immigration and freedom of movement
Justice in Migration
Aliens and Citizens
Justicia distributiva global e inmigración
Migraciones Internacionales
Global Justice, Freedom of Movement and Democratic Citizenship
The Law of Peoples
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |