denXte: Ethische Herausforderungen der Migration

In the organizer's words:

Imagine you are the Minister of the Interior. There is a controversial public debate about whether the borders should be closed or not. The decision must be made now. States usually invoke their right to self-determination to justify a restrictive migration policy. Critics argue that this does not legitimize harm to others and that migrants suffer harm as a result of their exclusion. What exactly is harm anyway? And what significance does the ban have for the moral evaluation of state migration policy? How will you decide?

Frank Dietrich completed his habilitation at the University of Leipzig in 2008 with a thesis on "Secession and Democracy". Since 2012, he has held a professorship in political philosophy and ethics at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. In addition to questions of medical ethics and distributive justice, he focuses on the legitimization of political borders and territorial rights.

denXte is an interactive philosophical lecture series in which renowned philosophers present socially topical and scientifically relevant issues in the form of thought experiments. After a short thematic introduction by the philosophers, the audience is invited to explore their own intuition on the topic and - by voting with their smartphone and in a subsequent open discussion - to contribute to the discussion.