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The Right to Dwell (Anywhere) on Earth and the Promise of Human Community

  • Ana Marta González

    Ana Marta González is Full Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Researcher of the Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Navarra, where she has held several academic positions. Currently she is the Director of the Department of Philosophy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research on Work, Care and Development. Author of Culture as mediation. Kant on nature, culture and morality (2011), Kant on Culture, Happiness and Civilization (2021), and many articles on Kant’s contributions to the social and human sciences, her research moves generally in the intersection between moral philosophy and the social sciences, where she has led several interdisciplinary projects. Among her recent publications: “Culture and Hope. Reflections on Bellah’s Unfinished Project” (In: Challenging Modernity, 2024), “Human Nature, Culture and Truth. Robert Spaemann as a philosopher of Culture” (In: Spaemann’s Philosophie, 2024), “Work, hope, and secularity.” (In: Theology of Work. New Perspectives, 2025).
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Kant’s Cosmopolitanism and Migration
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Abstract

In this chapter, I explore the extent to which Kantian philosophy permits us to view hospitality as an adequate expression of our respect for humanity, and not just as an external, juridical duty, a byproduct of existing political institutions. I argue that, by putting the innate right to freedom at the center of his doctrine of right, Kant’s theory has resources to overcome institutional shortcomings in dealing with the problem of migration. Specifically, by putting us in touch with the humanity of particular others, the duty of hospitality provides us with specific reasons to reform existing institutions when they no longer meet human standards.

Abstract

In this chapter, I explore the extent to which Kantian philosophy permits us to view hospitality as an adequate expression of our respect for humanity, and not just as an external, juridical duty, a byproduct of existing political institutions. I argue that, by putting the innate right to freedom at the center of his doctrine of right, Kant’s theory has resources to overcome institutional shortcomings in dealing with the problem of migration. Specifically, by putting us in touch with the humanity of particular others, the duty of hospitality provides us with specific reasons to reform existing institutions when they no longer meet human standards.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Acknowledgment
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I Normative Accounts of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Order
  6. Borders, Cosmopolitan Sovereignty, and Global Mobility. A Kantian Account of Political Interdependence 7
  7. Cosmopolitanism and Political Realism: Kant’s Double Legacy and Contemporary Political Challenge 27
  8. Is Humanity (Morally) Progressing? Kant’s Philosophy of History under a Cosmopolitan Perspective 43
  9. Part II Kant’s Cosmopolitanism: Between Past and Future
  10. The Rights of Foreigners. Grotius, Pufendorf, and Kant 71
  11. Kant’s Cosmopolitan Philosophy in the Face of the Challenges of Migration 89
  12. No One Is Illegal (Only) in the Kingdom of Ends: Migration and the Double Legacy of Kant’s Political Philosophy 113
  13. Part III Contemporary Migration Under the Lens of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Right
  14. The Right to Dwell (Anywhere) on Earth and the Promise of Human Community 137
  15. Kant, Migration, and the Cosmopolitan Right Not to Be Treated with Hostility 159
  16. Kant and Migration: State and Demos Borders 181
  17. Notes on Contributors 203
  18. Author Index
  19. Subject Index
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111707426-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Acknowledgment
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I Normative Accounts of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Order
  6. Borders, Cosmopolitan Sovereignty, and Global Mobility. A Kantian Account of Political Interdependence 7
  7. Cosmopolitanism and Political Realism: Kant’s Double Legacy and Contemporary Political Challenge 27
  8. Is Humanity (Morally) Progressing? Kant’s Philosophy of History under a Cosmopolitan Perspective 43
  9. Part II Kant’s Cosmopolitanism: Between Past and Future
  10. The Rights of Foreigners. Grotius, Pufendorf, and Kant 71
  11. Kant’s Cosmopolitan Philosophy in the Face of the Challenges of Migration 89
  12. No One Is Illegal (Only) in the Kingdom of Ends: Migration and the Double Legacy of Kant’s Political Philosophy 113
  13. Part III Contemporary Migration Under the Lens of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Right
  14. The Right to Dwell (Anywhere) on Earth and the Promise of Human Community 137
  15. Kant, Migration, and the Cosmopolitan Right Not to Be Treated with Hostility 159
  16. Kant and Migration: State and Demos Borders 181
  17. Notes on Contributors 203
  18. Author Index
  19. Subject Index
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