PHIL 27 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Original Position
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Claim: we own this land, therefore, we can restrict immigration. Owning property is an individual right; not the authority of the government. Restricting immigration is restricting individual property rights. Therefore, can"t restrict immigrants on account of property rights. Claim: original position is useful for thinking about justice across different societies. Offers strategy of moral reasoning to determine what"s fair. Can share assumptions that people are equal. You can restrict immigration to some extent on rawl"s theory, but not that much. Reasons to restrict immigration but not that much. Immigrants that come from places that don"t have public order (or not western world) will threaten places they immigrate to. Popular countries that open their borders will threaten national security.
