CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Dolmatov, Anton |
|---|---|
| Title | What Is Owed to Naturalized Citizens: A Puzzle for Statists about Equality of Opportunity |
| Summary | In this thesis, I identify a conflict between the principles of equality of opportunity for desirable positions applied domestically, the state’s obligation to offer citizenship to its long-term residents, and the permissibility of not ensuring global equality of opportunity for desirable positions. I argue that these claims form a puzzle that I call a puzzle for statists about equality of opportunity. Different solutions to the puzzle have different implications for what migration policies are morally required and what the states’ duties regarding international aid are. I claim that the most plausible solution to this puzzle consists in denying the claim that the state is morally permitted to not ensure substantive equality of opportunity among non-citizens and its citizens. I call this solution a cosmopolitan solution to the puzzle. I defend it against what I consider to be its main alternative – the statist solution to the puzzle that consists in denying the state’s obligation to ensure even domestic equality of opportunity. I do it by providing an independent justification of the principle of substantive equality of opportunity for professional positions. Finally, I present three alternative solutions to the puzzle: the one that suggests avoiding naturalization; the one that suggests making citizenship conditional on waiving one’s entitlement to equal opportunities with other citizens; and the one that denies the state’s duties to its future citizens have implications for migration regulations and duties regarding international aid fund allocation. I argue that neither of these alternative solutions is satisfying. |
| Supervisor | Gheaus, Anca |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/dolmatov_anton.pdf |
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