Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality

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Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality

01 Jan 1985-The Philosophical Review (Basil Blackwell)-Vol. 83, Iss: 1, pp 142

TL;DR: Lawler as mentioned in this paper argued that being for the freeze means that one is not for disarmament, which is hardly a rational position in the sense that it is suspect if not immoral, in the eyes of some.

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Abstract: that a plurality of the American Catholic bishops endorse a nuclear freeze (p. 4), saying that they are thus "taking their stance with Moscow,55 which is for a freeze, and not with the Vatican, which "is still in favor of disarmament?not a freeze.55 To make any sense at all, Mr. Lawler must mean that being for the freeze means that one is not for disarmament? hardly a rational position. One recalls here the arguments, during the 19305s and 19405s, that being for racial justice in the United States was suspect if not immoral, in the eyes of some, because the communists also favored it.

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New challenges in immigration theory: an overview

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Crispino Akakpo¹, Patti Tamara Lenard²•Institutions (2)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven¹, University of Ottawa²

18 Jun 2014-Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

TL;DR: The authors provide a conceptual overview of some immigration theories and highlight the challenges new streams of immigration pose for normative (political) theory and liberal democratic practice, by focusing on the non-standard immigration questions that have so far been ‘neglected' by normative political theory.

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Abstract: Normative political theory over recent decades has focused mainly on what ought to be done as far as migration policies are concerned. It faces a basic challenge, which stems from two competing, yet equally fundamental, ideals underpinning liberal democratic societies: a commitment to moral universalism and the exclusionary requirement of democracy. The objective of this special issue, ‘New Challenges in Immigration Theory’, is to provide a conceptual overview of (some) immigration theories and to highlight the challenges new streams of immigration pose for normative (political) theory and liberal democratic practice. The issue will consider how to reconcile state-based exclusion with a commitment to equal moral concern for all persons, by focusing on the non-standard immigration questions that have so far been ‘neglected’ by normative political theory. In line with this objective, the issue will discuss some of the inadequacies of the dominant political theories of immigration and show how such theories ...

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...…of his approach is, it avoids resting on controversial cultural defences of the right to exclude; the good of community is a good worth preserving, Blake acknowledges, but not one that is so significant as to justify complete exclusion as some sometimes are thought to suggest (Walzer 1983)....
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...The advantage of his approach is, it avoids resting on controversial cultural defences of the right to exclude; the good of community is a good worth preserving, Blake acknowledges, but not one that is so significant as to justify complete exclusion as some sometimes are thought to suggest (Walzer 1983)....
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The Politics of Local Privatization: Privatized Service Delivery and the Strength of Local Democracy

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Ryan C. Dawkins

01 Jan 2017

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...In his critique of neoliberalism—the governing ideology from which privatization draws its intellectual legitimacy—Michael Walzer (1983) chastised those who fetishize efficiency as the standard by which people evaluate public—i.e. political—questions....
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The ethics of people smuggling

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Javier Hidalgo¹•Institutions (1)

University of Richmond¹

14 Dec 2016-Journal of Global Ethics

TL;DR: In this paper, people smugglers help transport migrants across international borders without authorization and in return for compensation, and many people object to people smuggling and believe that the smuggling of migrants is a form of human trafficking.

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Abstract: People smugglers help transport migrants across international borders without authorization and in return for compensation. Many people object to people smuggling and believe that the smuggling of ...

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Equality, recognition and the distributive paradigm

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Chris Armstrong

01 Sep 2003-Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how some recent work on equality has thrown light on the thorny issue of how equality relates to the recognition of difference, and how to deal with it.

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Abstract: In this article I shall examine how some recent work on equality has thrown light on the thorny issue of how equality relates to the recognition of difference. It has been argued that, whilst equal...

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...Egalitarian theorists who defend more complex conceptions of equality include Michael Walzer, with his theory of complex equality (Walzer 1983)....
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Money-back guarantees for IVF: an ethical critique.

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Thomas H. Murray¹•Institutions (1)

Case Western Reserve University¹

01 Dec 1997-Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics

TL;DR: Author contends that the moral arguments supporting money-back guarantees on infertility services are flawed because such services damage the physician-patient relationship and threaten the meaning of parenthood.

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Abstract: Author contends that the moral arguments supporting money-back guarantees on infertility services are flawed because such services damage the physician-patient relationship and threaten the meaning of parenthood.

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