National Responsibility

Abdel-Nour, Farid

doi:10.1177/0090591703252156

Cited by 75 publications

(30 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…20 Liberal nationalists are indeed known for defending the idea that co-nationals inherit responsibility for their past actions and for the relations that nations established throughout their history. 21 These historical and ethical elements of the national community come together in liberal nationalist defences of the nations' right to self-determination. For liberal nationalists, this right is fundamental for the collective autonomy of nations and for preserving national identity.…”

Section: Liberal Nationalism and Immigrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Nation’s Right to Exclude and the Colonies

Amighetti

Nuti

2015

Political Theory

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This essay contends that postcolonial migrants have a right to enter their former colonizing nations, and that these should accept them. Our novel argument challenges well-established justifications for restrictions in immigration-policies advanced in liberal nationalism, which links immigration controls to the nation's self-determination and the legitimate preservation of national identity. To do so, we draw on postcolonial analyses of colonialism, in particular on Edward Said's notion of "intertwined histories," and we offer a more sophisticated account of national identity than that of liberal nationalists. In our view, the national identity of former colonizing nations cannot be understood in isolation from their ex-colonies. This entails that liberal nationalists cannot justify the restriction on the entrance of members of the nation's former colonies by resorting to an argument about the preservation of national identity: the former colonized constitute an inseparable element of that national identity, because they are already historically part of it.Postcolonial migration constitutes a significant trend in the direction of globalised mass-migratory movements. The composition of immigration flows towards nation-states with a past of colonial expansion tends to reflect this

show abstract

Section: Liberal Nationalism and Immigrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Nation’s Right to Exclude and the Colonies

Amighetti

Nuti

2015

Political Theory

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Discussions tend to center on whether collective responsibility is a valid concept and whether, and to what extent, blame can be distributed across the individuals within the group (Smiley 2011). Researchers such as French (1984), May (1987), Abdel-Nour (2003) and Davion (2006) apply these concepts to collectives such as corporations, ethnic groups and nations, to name a few.…”

Section: Group Moral Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Military Ethics and Moral Blame across Agency Lines

Seagren

2015

Journal of Military Ethics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Citizens can identify with the positive achievements of one's society and can participate in the institutions that have been developed over time-educational, infrastructural, medical, etc. However, at the same time, one cannot take pride of their society's achievements without also acknowledging its (moral) failures (Abdel-Nour 2003). Citizens can acknowledge the achievements of one's society and admit that it has taken some wrong turns that should be rectified.…”

Section: Negative Duties Of Citizensmentioning

confidence: 99%