Australian Broadcasting Corp. interviews Désirée Lim on ‘The Philosopher’s Zone’

Australian Broadcasting Corp. interviews Désirée Lim on ‘The Philosopher’s Zone’
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Désirée Lim
Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Penn State College of the Liberal Arts

In their May 30, 2021, broadcast focusing on ethics, philosophy and immigration, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed Rock Ethics Research Associate Désirée Lim for their program The Philosopher’s Zone with David Rutledge.

Does anti-racism require open borders? Should refugees be selected on the basis of the skills they offer? Can immigration restrictions conform to the demands of justice? Conventional wisdom says that philosophers approach these kinds of questions from a normative perspective – their job is to establish principles for how a society should be run, as distinct from the job of a historian or a sociologist. But is that really the case?

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Topic(s): Global Issues
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