Cosmopolitan Norms and European Values
Ethical Perspectives on Europe's Refugee Policy
1st Edition
Published on 3. August 2023
240 pages
978-1-000-96096-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume offers a systematic philosophical analysis of the normative challenges facing European refugee policy, focusing on whether the response to it can be based on European values. By considering the refugee policy through the lens of European values, cosmopolitan norms and universal human rights, the contributions expose the weaknesses and limitations of existing regulations and make proposals on how to improve them.
The EU is often seen as a cosmopolitan project. Europe is supposed to be a community of states that aspires to be guided by cosmopolitan norms. However, the idea of a cosmopolitan Europe has never been unanimously shared, and in recent years, it has come under increasing scrutiny, particularly with regard to the EU's refugee policy. The guiding idea of this book is that a deeper philosophical understanding of the normative issues at stake can foster greater conceptual clarity and enrich political debates on the future of European refugee policy. The first part of the book revolves around the question of whether the rise in refugee numbers over the past decade has led to a crisis in the EU and, if so, how this crisis relates to or impacts European values. The second part traces the history of the discourse on "European values" and examines from a philosophical perspective how we can plausibly understand these values in terms of their moral grammar, their normative content and their implications for the behaviour of the EU and its member states. Finally, the third part puts forth recommendations for a feasible and normatively more compelling European refugee policy based on human rights, human dignity, justice and democratic self-determination as the decisive normative requirements.
Cosmopolitan Norms and European Values: Ethical Perspectives on Europe's Refugee Policy will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in ethics, political philosophy, political science, social sciences and law.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
The EU is often seen as a cosmopolitan project. Europe is supposed to be a community of states that aspires to be guided by cosmopolitan norms. However, the idea of a cosmopolitan Europe has never been unanimously shared, and in recent years, it has come under increasing scrutiny, particularly with regard to the EU's refugee policy. The guiding idea of this book is that a deeper philosophical understanding of the normative issues at stake can foster greater conceptual clarity and enrich political debates on the future of European refugee policy. The first part of the book revolves around the question of whether the rise in refugee numbers over the past decade has led to a crisis in the EU and, if so, how this crisis relates to or impacts European values. The second part traces the history of the discourse on "European values" and examines from a philosophical perspective how we can plausibly understand these values in terms of their moral grammar, their normative content and their implications for the behaviour of the EU and its member states. Finally, the third part puts forth recommendations for a feasible and normatively more compelling European refugee policy based on human rights, human dignity, justice and democratic self-determination as the decisive normative requirements.
Cosmopolitan Norms and European Values: Ethical Perspectives on Europe's Refugee Policy will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in ethics, political philosophy, political science, social sciences and law.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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1. Auflage
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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College/higher education
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4,67 MB
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978-1-000-96096-9 (9781000960969)
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Ethical Perspectives on Europe's Refugee Policy
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Ethical Perspectives on Europe's Refugee Policy
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Persons
Marie Goebel is a research associate at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bochum, Germany, and the project coordinator of the Digital Kant Center NRW, project location Bochum. From 2019 to 2021, she was a member of the Horizon2020 research project Norms and Values in the European Migration and Refugee Crisis (NoVaMigra). Her research focuses on human rights, human dignity, metaethical questions and Kant's practical philosophy. She is the author of Human Dignity as the Ground of Human Rights: A Study in Moral Philosophy and Legal Practice (2019) and several papers on Kant and human dignity.
Andreas Niederberger is professor of political, legal and social philosophy and deputy chair of the Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He was coordinator of the Horizon2020 research project Norms and Values in the European Migration and Refugee Crisis (NoVaMigra). His research focuses on migration and refugee ethics, human rights, democratic theory, theories of normativity and social ontology. Among his publications are Republican Democracy: Liberty, Law and Politics (co-edited with Philipp Schink, 2013), Internationale Politische Theorie (co-edited with R. Kreide, 2016) and Klimawandel und Ethik (co-edited with J. Gehrmann, R. Langer, 2020).
Andreas Niederberger is professor of political, legal and social philosophy and deputy chair of the Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He was coordinator of the Horizon2020 research project Norms and Values in the European Migration and Refugee Crisis (NoVaMigra). His research focuses on migration and refugee ethics, human rights, democratic theory, theories of normativity and social ontology. Among his publications are Republican Democracy: Liberty, Law and Politics (co-edited with Philipp Schink, 2013), Internationale Politische Theorie (co-edited with R. Kreide, 2016) and Klimawandel und Ethik (co-edited with J. Gehrmann, R. Langer, 2020).
Content
Introduction Marie Goebel & Andreas Niederberger Part 1: The European 'Refugee Crisis': A Crisis of What? 1. Europe's Migration Policy between a Global and Local Legitimation Crisis Andreas Niederberger 2. The European 'Refugee Crisis' as a Crisis of European Cosmopolitanism: EU Refugee Policy and Non-Members' Normative Powers Therese Herrmann 3. The 'Refugee Crisis': A Crisis of the European Asylum System Matthias Hoesch Part 2: Making Sense of 'European Values' 4. What Are European Values? Philosophical Reflections on an Opaque Political Concept Marie Goebel 5. Values, Goals, Norms: Some Remarks on Their Relationship Philipp Schink 6. References to European Values in the Political Sphere: Functions, Limits and Possibilities Regina Polak Part 3: Normative Consequences of European Values 7. Human Dignity and the EU's Moral Obligations toward Non-Europeans Marcus Duewell 8. Human Rights and the EU's Responsibilities toward Refugees Jos Philips 9. EU Refugee Policy: Cosmopolitan and/or Democratic? Martin Deleixhe 10. The Future of Europe's Refugee Policy: Normative Conclusions and Recommendations Marie Goebel & Andreas Niederberger
