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Freedom and Equality Across Borders (PHIL20045)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Overview
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Comedian Doug Stanhope once commented that "Nationalism does nothing but teach you how to hate people that you never met, and ... take pride in accomplishments you had no part in whatsoever". In this subject we'll examine the philosophical issues underpinning the ethics and politics of nationalism and cosmopolitanism, and their impact on individuals' freedom of movement and association across borders. We'll look at the case for a state's right to control its borders and immigration policy, including the value of preserving a national culture, language, and way of life, and citizens' rights to associate (or refuse to associate) with whoever they choose. We'll look at the case for outsiders being granted entry, including the value of assisting desperate refugees and asylum-seekers, and the importance of states' fairly sharing in the global resettlement of future climate refugees. We'll finish the course by considering the right of necessity: whether those denied resettlement would be morally permitted to claim it by force, were we to persist in denying them entry.
Intended learning outcomes
Students that successfully complete this subject should:
- gain a sound general comprehension of the major recent advances in political and ethical theorizing about immigration;
- demonstrate an ability to evaluate key texts on which these advances are based;
- learn to analyse arguments, distinguish between key concepts, critique existing work, deploy reasons to greatest effect, and create new and compelling arguments;
- gain experience in deploying the methods of critical analysis and argument employed in political philosophy; receive feedback and understand how to apply it to improve writing; both leading to improved general reasoning and the building of strong transferrable analytical skills.
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Essay
| At the end of the assessment period | 75% |
Hurdle requirement Hurdle requirement: Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Essay
| Day 10 | 25% |
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Coordinator Holly Lawford-Smith Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours total over the 3 week teaching period. 1x 2-hour lecture per day*, and 1x 1-hour seminar. *Flexible: some may be replaced with video lectures accessible in students' own time Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 January 2018 to 16 February 2018 Last self-enrol date 1 February 2018 Census date 9 February 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 February 2018 Assessment period ends 23 February 2018 Summer Term contact information
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 15 February 2024