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Stop the Boats: Do the Ends Justify the Means?

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type="main" xml:id="ecpa12113-abs-0001"> The Stop the Boats policy towards irregular maritime arrivals (boat people) is to process prospective refugee-status claimants in non-judicial prisons, without the prospect of ultimate Australian abode, with the aim of stopping further boat people coming to Australia. The numbers of people involved to date are small, as are the economic impacts. Stop the Boats appears to succeed on its own terms, but it faces the pitfalls of “ends justify the means” consequentialist ethics, favoured by economists and others. Chief among these are that there are no obvious moral limits in pursuing desirable ends, such as stopping deaths at sea.

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  • Gordon Menzies, 2015. "Stop the Boats: Do the Ends Justify the Means?," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 34(4), pages 229-242, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:econpa:v:34:y:2015:i:4:p:229-242
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    1. Natalie Herold & Michael A. Kortt & Brian Dollery, 2016. "If It Ain't Broke: An Evaluation of the Australian Asylum Program under Rudd and Gillard," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 35(3), pages 230-244, September.

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