Course Syllabus

This course is designed to cover some of the main issues, authors, and topics in the contemporary philosophical literature on international justice. In particular this course will look at issues of global poverty, national self-determination and colonialism. The second half of this course will them focus exclusively on the issue of immigration justice. Links to all the readings for the course can be found on Canvas and in the Reading Schedule section of this syllabus below.

Meeting Times

This class is scheduled to meet Monday-Friday 2:20-4:30pm, in Art Building Room 004

Office Hours

Office hours will be held Mondays and Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30pm, in Savery Hall 385

Assignment Guidelines

Short Writing Assignments (100% of course grade)

There will be FOUR short writing assignments (about 250-350 words in length). I will drop the assignment with the lowest score.

Reading Schedule

July 18th: Introduction to Class

July 19th: Peter Singer: “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” (1972)

July 22nd: Charles Beitz: “Justice and International Relations” (1975)

July 23rd: Brian Barry: "Humanity and Justice in Global Perspective" (1982)

July 24th: Continue

July 25th: Continue

July 26th: Robert Goodin: "What Is So Special about Our Fellow Countrymen?" (1988)

July 29th: David Miller: "The Ethical Significance of Nationality" (1988)

July 30th: Kok-Chor Tan: "Cosmopolitan Impartiality and Patriotic Partiality" (2020)

July 31st:   Reading day

August 1st: Recap: Goodin, Miller, and Tan

Second Half: Gillian Brock's Migration and Political Theory

August 2nd:  Gillian Brock: "Introduction" 

August 5th: Gillian Brock: "The Right to Exclude and Open Borders"  (2021)

August 6th:  Gillian Brock: "Forced Migration and Responsibilities: The Case of Refugees" (2021) 

August 7th:  Reading Day

August 8th:  Gillian Brock: "Which Criteria May States Permissibly Use in Selection and Citizenship Policies?"  (2021)

August 9th: Gillian Brock: "Legal Immigrants and their Host States: Rights and Responsibilities" (2021)

August 12th:  Gillian Brock: "Undocumented Migrants and their Host States: Rights and Responsibilities" (2021)

August 13th:  Gillian Brock: " Fair Treatment for Temporary Migrant Workers" (2021) 

August 14th:  Reading Day

August 15th:  Gillian Brock: "Justice in Out-Migration"(2021)

August 16th: Gillian Brock: "Emerging Issues and Future" (2021)