Political Philosophy and Refugees

Welcome to the New York Circle!

This week, we’ll examine the r/Rights of refugees using the tools of philosophy. Often a heated argument, and for good reason, the aim of this conversation is to consider which individuals have Rights to a country’s Social Contract, on what grounds these Rights exist, and, because this area of thought is in some ways new to philosophy, what issues you consider to be important to the development of this area of Political Philosophy. To enable this conversation, please read / watch the following works:

António Guterres (Secretary-General) New Year…[message] https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1a960a3rf

A philosophical approach to the refugee crisis, Santiago Zabala https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2016/5/19/a-philosophical-approach-to-the-refugee-crisis

Selecting Immigrants, by David Miller https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/materials/publications/SJ034.pdf

Teenagers’s perspective:
Global Refugee Crisis: It's Our Time for Action https://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_huang_global_refugee_crisis_it_s_our_time_for_action