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In The Ethics of Immigration, Joseph Carens synthesizes a lifetime of work to explore and illuminate one of the most pressing issues of our time. Immigration poses practical problems for western democracies and also challenges the ways in which people in democracies think about citizenship and belonging, about rights and responsibilities, and about freedom and equality. Carens begins by focusing on current immigration controversies in North America and Europe about access to citizenship, the integration of immigrants, temporary workers, irregular migrants and the admission of family members and refugees. Working within the moral framework provided by liberal democratic values, he argues that some of the practices of democratic states in these areas are morally defensible, while others need to be reformed. In the last part of the book he moves beyond the currently feasible to ask questions about immigration from a more fundamental perspective. He argues that democratic values of freedom and equality ultimately entail a commitment to open borders. Only in a world of open borders, he contends, will we live up to our most basic principles.

Many will not agree with some of Carens' claims, especially his controversial conclusion, but none will be able to dismiss his views lightly. Powerfully argued by one of the world's leading political philosophers on the issue, The Ethics of Immigration is a landmark work on one of the most important global social trends of our era.

 

Einwanderung und Integration sind das Lebensthema von Joseph Carens, Professor an der Universität Toronto und einer der bekanntesten Verfechter der internationalen Bewegungsfreiheit. In seinem aktuellen Werk beleuchtet er den Umgang mit Migranten in Nordamerika und Europa und beschreibt dabei die Unterschiede bei Staatsbürgerschaft, Zuzug von Familienmitgliedern und Umgang mit Flüchtlingen. Carens gleicht die Faktenlage stets mit seinen eigenen liberalen Werten ab und weist darauf hin, welche Praktiken für ihn moralisch vertretbar sind.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

1 Introduction: Mapping the Ethics of Immigration

1 (18)

PART ONE "HO BELONGS?

 

2 Birthright Citizenship

19 (26)

3 Naturalization

45 (17)

4 Beyond Legal Citizenship to Inclusion

62 (26)

5 Permanent Residents

88 (22)

6 Temporary "orkers

110 (19)

7 Irregular Migrants

129 (29)

8 The Theory of Social Membership

158 (15)

PART TWO "HO SHOULD GET IN?

 

9 Ordinary Admissions

173 (19)

10 Refugees

192 (33)

11 The Case for Open Borders

225 (30)

12 The Claims of Community

255 (33)

13 Conclusion

288 (9)

Appendix: Presuppositions and Political Theory 297 (18)

Notes 315 (26)

References 341 (12)

Index 353