Christina Boswell

The Ethics of Refugee Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This highly original contribution explores what theories of international ethics have to say about refugee policy. It advances an innovative critique of prevalent liberal approaches, showing how their assumptions about moral agency create unfeasible expectations about international justice, and sets out an alternative theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780754645191
• ISBN-10: 0754645193
• Artikelnr.: 35730612

Autorenporträt

Christina Boswell

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
The origins of the crisis in refugee policy
Liberal universalism and the problem of feasibility
Thin universalism and the problem of internal coherence
Social contract theory and moral motivation
The role of reason in moral motivation
Community and universal duties
Mobilizing commitment to refugee rights
Bibliography
Index.