Gerver, Mollie (2018) Paying minorities to leave. Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 17 (1). pp. 3-22. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X17712684
Gerver, Mollie (2018) Paying minorities to leave. Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 17 (1). pp. 3-22. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X17712684
Gerver, Mollie (2018) Paying minorities to leave. Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 17 (1). pp. 3-22. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X17712684
Abstract
In April 1962, white segregationists paid money to African Americans agreeing to leave New Orleans. In 2010, the British National Party proposed paying non-white migrants money to leave the UK. Five years later, a landlord in New York paid African American tenants to vacate their apartments. This article considers when, if ever, it is morally permissible to pay minorities to leave. I argue that paying minorities to leave is demeaning towards recipients and so wrong. Although the payments are wrong, it is not clear if they are impermissible, given the benefits for the recipients. I argue that payments are impermissible if at least one of two conditions are met: The payments demean or harm other members of society, or the payments are provided to recipients who have failed to consent to the payments.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | discrimination; consent; immigration; voluntary transactions |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 17 Sep 2018 09:42 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 19:30 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/23014 |
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