Justice Across Borders (CIVIC 174, PHIL 174L)

4 credits · Undergraduate

Most people are not our fellow citizens. (Over 95% of human beings, for example, are not Americans.) What do we owe to them as a matter of justice? What do they owe to us? Should you save a foreigner's life instead of buying luxuries for yourself? Should you boycott 'fast fashion' produced by exploited workers abroad? Who must act on climate change? How can a country like the United States justify forcefully preventing anyone from crossing its borders? Is anything absolutely prohibited to win a war? Undergraduates Only.