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On the Significance of Humanity's Collective Ownership of the Earth for Immigration

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  • Risse, Mathias

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The author's 2012 book On Global Justice argues that the standpoint of humanity's collective ownership of the earth should be central to reflection on the permissibility of immigration. This standpoint is defended here. A number of political philosophers (Michael Blake, Christopher Wellman, David Miller and others) have recently offered accounts of immigration that tried to do without the kind of global standpoint provided by humanity's collective ownership of the earth. All these attempts fail, and fail because they do not integrate a global standpoint. It has been objected to the author's account that any given generation should be regarded as inheriting both the natural and the societal wealth of humanity. This standpoint is refuted here. We will also engage with Avery Kolers' intriguing approach to territory in terms of ethnogeographic communities.

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  • Risse, Mathias, 2014. "On the Significance of Humanity's Collective Ownership of the Earth for Immigration," Working Paper Series rwp14-009, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecl:harjfk:rwp14-009
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    1. Risse, Mathias & Blake, Michael, 2007. "Migration, Territoriality, and Culture," Working Paper Series rwp07-009, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    2. Risse, Mathias, 2012. "A Précis of On Global Justice, With Emphasis on Implications for International Institutions," Scholarly Articles 9767978, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
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