Brain Drain, Contracts, and Moral Obligation
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Daniel Edward Callies
Abstract
In this paper I first argue that when answering the question of whether or not governments may restrict emigration, Brock and Blake are staking out positions not astronomically far from one another. Despite the ostensibly large philosophical gap between the two, both think that certain governments may restrict emigration when such restriction is agreed to in a morally binding contract. Secondly, both authors think that there are specific “circumstances” or “conditions” under which a contract that restricts emigration can be morally binding. This second part of the paper will pose some questions that explore these various circumstances or conditions. The ultimate aim of the paper is to help point the debate in the right direction so as to further develop an answer to the question of whether or not governments may restrict emigration.
Funding source: DFG funded Cluster of Excellence “Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Award Identifier / Grant number: Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Funding statement: This publication was supported by the DFG funded Cluster of Excellence “Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Symposium on Brain Drain: The Merits and Limits of Furthering Normative Solutions in Source Countries
- Debating Brain Drain: An Overview
- Debating Brain Drain: An Overview
- Sharing the Burdens of the Brain Drain
- Can a Liberal State Make Access to Medical Education Conditional on Public Service?
- Compulsory Public Service and the Right to Exit
- Medical Brain Drain: Free-Riding, Exploitation, and Global Justice
- Brain Drain, Contracts, and Moral Obligation
- Solving Problems Associated with the Brain Drain: Fair Contracts, Legitimate States, and Appropriate Policy Measures
- On Money, God, and Dogmatic Liberalism: A Reply to my Critics
- Additional Article
- Luck, Love, and Extreme Skiing: Distributive Injustice without Unfairness
