Jeff Mcmahan’s scientific contributions

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The Limits of National Partiality
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July 1997

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46 Citations

Jeff Mcmahan

Nationalism is one of the most serious political problems in the world today. This volume is a collection of papers which address the topic of the ethics of nationalism. The contributors include some of the most eminent political philosophers and political scientists active today. The bulk of the literature on nationalism is in the social sciences and tends to focus on descriptive and prescriptive themes and issues of policy. This collection, however, focuses on the deeper moral issues that must be addressed if a policy prescription is to be well grounded.

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... However, even if we were to grant Miller the claim about intrinsic value (which I am not inclined to do), we would need a separate argument for why this value gives rise to special obligations, which rely on agent-relative reasons (cf. Hurka 1997;McMahan 1997). More specifically, we may hold that, in response to the intrinsic value of nations, we have reason to care especially about our own nation and to give priority to our co-nationals. ...

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Global Equality and Open Borders
The Limits of National Partiality
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  • July 1997

Jeff Mcmahan