Justice Beyond Borders

Harvard FAS

We do not choose the country we are born into, yet it shapes our opportunities, our freedoms, and where we may travel, settle, and work. Is state membership morally arbitrary, or does the accident of birth carry genuine moral weight? At a time of resurgent nationalism and declining international cooperation, this seminar examines contemporary political theory’s tendency to treat the state as the natural arena of justice. Does this focus reflect an implicit bias in favor of nationalism, a…