Misplaced idealism and incoherent realism in the philosophy of the refugee crisis

Many contributions to the philosophical debate about conceptual and normative issues raised by the refugee crisis fail to take properly account of the difference between ideal and nonideal theory. This makes several otherwise interesting and apparently plausible contributions to the philosophy of th...

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Main Author: Lægaard, Sune (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2016]
In: Journal of global ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 269-278
Further subjects:B Nonideal theory
B Migration
B Ideal theory
B David Miller
B Refugees
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