Ethics and Migration, 7.5 ECTS Autumn 2016 Basic Course (721G25) - Advanced Course** (721A51) Text Compendium: The compendium of readings will be made available two weeks before the course start. Instructor: Yusuf Yuksekdag, CTE yusuf.yuksekdag@liu.se Schedule Date Time Room Topic Readings/Assignment Instruction 12/12 15-17 KEY 4260 Introduction: Ethics and Migration Seglow, Nail Zapata-Barrero & Pécoud Bader* 13/12 13-15 KY31 Open Borders Kukathas #1, Carens Oberman* 15/12 10-12 KEY 4260 The Case for Restrictions Miller, Wellman 16/12 10-12 Research Question Workshop Pryor, Lenman 16/12 Research Question 19/12 13-15 Citizenship and Integration Maas, Brooks, Hidalgo 20/12 10-12 KY31 Migration, Global Justice, and Refugees Brock, Kukathas #2 Cavallero*, Ypi* 20/12 Peer Review 21/12 15-17 Freedom of Movement Cole, Pecoud & de Guchteneire Hosein* 22/12 15-17 KEY 4260 Brain Drain Kapur & McHale Eyal & Hurst, Sager* 23/12 First Draft 10/1 1 pm Final Paper 19/1 09-18 Paper Presentations ** Requirements for the assignments will be different for students taking the advanced course. * suggested readings for students taking the basic course 1
Course Instructions Examination and Grading >92 points A Paper Presentation %40 92-84 points B Final Paper %60 84-76 points C 76-68 points D 68-60 points E Grading Scale: ECTS ABCDEFxF <60 points Fail s and Paper Presentation All seminars and the paper presentation debate are mandatory to attend. Please arrange your schedules accordingly. In the final paper presentations, you are expected to prepare a presentation (10 minutes) in which you will be asked to introduce your text, your main argument and argumentation. This will be followed by a dialogue with your assigned opponent (10-15 minutes) and then a discussion session (5 minutes) open to all participants. I will assess each presentation performance based on the content/clarity, your engagement with the opponent/audience and time management. Final Paper This will be a long and an argumentative paper, concentrated on comparing different ethical accounts (Nationalist, Liberal, Cosmopolitan and etc.) on a specific immigration issue or policy. You will be asked to choose among 5-6 final paper topics. In accordance with the listed assignments, you also need to provide your research question, peer review and first draft in the given deadlines to have a passing grade. Lastly, you will be asked to apply the following structure to your final paper: - Introduction (300-500 words): Your paper should start with a short introduction of the issue you take and the specific question you propose; the ethical theory you will employ/discuss; and your main argument.provide a brief and precise summary of the related argument, assumption, theory or policy. - Theory (700-1000 words): In this section, you are expected to select, introduce and discuss the relevant ethical theories in accordance with the question of your choice. - Discussion (700-1000 words): Here, you will discuss, and criticize if needed, the relevant ethical theories in connection with the concrete issue. You are expected to clearly point out the ethical problems, and reflect on the ethical theories in a critical way. - Conclusion (300-500 words): Here you will sum up your argument, and make further remarks, if necessary. Length/Format: : 2000 words (Basic Course) 3000 words (Advanced Course), 1.5 spaced, pdf. Tuesday 10/1, 1 pm Name your paper BA Your First Name.pdf and email the pdf to yusuf.yuksekdag.liu@analys.urkund.se Check your e-mail and make sure that you get the receipt of the submission by Urkund. I will assess your final paper based on the content, structure/clarity, use of sources and originality. Plagiarism, Late Submissions and s A paper that includes an instance of plagiarism will automatically receive a failing grade (F), and I will report all instances of plagiarism to the University s disciplinary board. If you are not familiar with the use of academic resources, please contact me and/or check the University s guidelines: https://www.bibl.liu.se/upphovsratt-och-plagiering/studenter?l=en Late submissions will receive no credit. attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended. It is also expected from you to turn off your mobile phones during the lectures and seminars. 2
Course Description and Course Aims Migration is increasing in today's globalized world. People leave their homes because of political and religious oppression, poverty and environmental catastrophes. In parallel, Europe and the US build barriers to keep the migrants away. Reasons for and modes of migration vary, as do the impact of migration on receiving, transit and sending countries. In the course ethical questions related to migration and refugees are studied. In a first, theoretical part, this course examines fundamental ethical questions related to migrants (regular and irregular) and migration, borders and border control. Arguments for and against immigration restriction as well as rights and duties between nation states and migrants are systematically analyzed. In a second, more applied part, ethical implications of migration flow such as brain drain will be investigated. After completion of the course, the student should be able to: - Summarize (and analyze*) important ethical theories of relevance for migration - Discuss and analyze, orally and in written form, ethical problems that may arise in relation to migration. - Employ ethical theory, principles and concepts in an (in-depth*) analysis of a concrete migration issue. - Criticize ethical analyses in a constructive manner. - Demonstrate an open and critical attitude to positions and arguments in ethics and migration*. * Only for Advanced level students Text Compendium and Study Questions The readings in the text compendium (except the suggested ones) are the obligatory readings. Below you can find the full list of readings and study question examples for each class in a chronological order: Introduction Study Questions: Who is a migrant? How do you define a migrant? Why do people migrate? What are the ethical concerns at stake regarding different immigration policies? What are the contemporary migrationrelated challenges? - Seglow, Jonathan. The Ethics of Immigration. Political Studies Review 3 (2005): 317-334. - Nail, Thomas. The Figure of the Migrant. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015, Introduction and Conclusion - Zapata-Barrero, Ricard and Pécoud, Antoine. "New Perspectives on the Ethics of International Migration." American Behavioral Scientist 56/9 (2012): 1159-1164. - Bader, Veit. "Moral, Ethical, and Realist Dilemmas of Transnational Governance of Migration." American Behavioral Scientist 56/ 9 (2012): 1165 1182. (suggested) Open Borders Study Questions: What are the different dimensions of Carens s argument in favor of open borders? Are open borders feasible? Is there a human right to migrate? - Kukathas, Chandras. The Case for Open Immigration. In Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics, edited by A.I. Cohen and C.H. Wellman, 207-220. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. - Carens, Joseph. "Aliens and Citizens: The Case for Open Borders." Review of Politics 49 (1987): 251-273. - Oberman, Kieran, Immigration as a Human Right. In Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership, edited by S. Fine und Lea Ypi. Oxford (forthcoming 2016). (suggested) The Case for Restrictions Study Questions: Are there any compelling reasons in favor of restrictions on immigration? What are the grounds of the pro-restriction claims made by Miller and Wellman? Do you think open door policies are detrimental to the welfare state? - Miller, David. Immigration: The Case for Limits. In Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics, edited by A.I. Cohen and C.H. Wellman, 193-206. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. - Wellman, Christopher Heath. Immigration and Freedom of Association. Ethics 119/1 (2008): 109-141. 3
Research Question Workshop: Check the final paper instructions. - Pryor, Richard. Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper. Edited for the Master of Applied Ethics course at CTE by Annika Törnström - Lenman, James. How to Write a Crap Philosophy Essay Citizenship and Integration Study Questions: What should be the criteria for naturalization? What are the different dimensions of integration? Do you think that citizenship can be a good to be sold? - Maas, Willem. Migrants, States, and EU Citizenship's Unfulfilled Promise. Citizenship Studies 12/6 (2008): 583-96. - Brooks, Thom. A barrier or bridge? Serious problems revealed in the UK citizenship test. Democratic Audit Blog (20 Jul 2013). - Hidalgo, Javier. Selling Citizenship: A Defence. Journal of Applied Philosophy (2015). Migration, Global Justice, and Refugees Study Questions: How would a just global immigration regime look like? Are there any conflicts in between rights and duties of would-be migrants, sending and receiving countries? Should refugees have a special status? What should be the fair criterion for someone to be considered a refugee? What are the global responsibilities towards the asylum seekers? - Brock, Gillian. Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Chapter 8. - Kukathas, Chandras. Are Refugees Special? In Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership, edited by S. Fine und Lea Ypi. Oxford (forthcoming 2016). - Cavallero, Eric. An immigration-pressure model of global distributive justice. Politics, Philosophy and Economics 5/1 (2006): 97-127. (suggested) - Ypi, Lea. Justice in Migration: A Closed Borders Utopia? Journal of Political Philosophy 16/4 (2008): 391-418. (suggested) Freedom of Movement Study Questions: Is there a human right to migrate? What would be the grounds for such a human right? What are the fundamental claims at stake in regard to international movement? How would international migration regime look like? - Cole, Phillip. Towards a right to international movement." Available online: https://westengland.academia.edu/phillipcole - Pécoud, A. and de Guchteneire, P. "International Migration, Border Controls and Human Rights: Assessing the Relevance of a Right to Mobility." Journal of Borderland Studies 21/1 (2006): 69-86. - Hosein, Adam. "Immigration and Freedom of Movement." Ethics and Global Politics 6/1 (2013): 25-37. (suggested) Brain Drain Study Questions: Are there any special obligations to stay? Do you think diminishing human capital makes a compelling case to impose restrictions on international mobility? - Kapur, Devesh and McHale John. Should a Cosmopolitan Worry about the Brain Drain? Ethics & International Affairs 20/3 (2006): 305 320. 4
- Eyal, Nir and Hurst, Samia A. Physician Brain Drain: Can Nothing Be Done? Public Health Ethics 1/2 (2008): 180-192. - Sager, Alex. "Reframing the Brain Drain." Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 17/5 (2014): 560-579. (suggested) 5