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Global displacement in the 21st century: Towards an ethical framework (2020)
Journal Article
Cole, P. (2020). Global displacement in the 21st century: Towards an ethical framework. Journal of Global Ethics, 16(2), 203-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2020.1783566

A body of work has emerged in political philosophy which can be termed ‘the ethics of migration’. Within that literature, there has been an increased focus on issues of displacement and protection which reflects practical concerns in the wider world.... Read More about Global displacement in the 21st century: Towards an ethical framework.

Principled toleration and respectful indifference in the liberal polity: A conceptual landscape (2019)
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Cole, P. (2019). Principled toleration and respectful indifference in the liberal polity: A conceptual landscape. Balkan Journal of Philosophy, 11(1), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.5840/bjp20191112

This paper examines toleration at two levels. At the first level, liberal individualism is concerned that the individual must be as free as possible to pursue their own goals and lifestyles. At the second level, liberal political theory is concerned... Read More about Principled toleration and respectful indifference in the liberal polity: A conceptual landscape.

On the borders of solidarity: Ethics, power and immigration controls (2016)
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Cole, P. (in press). On the borders of solidarity: Ethics, power and immigration controls. Soundings, 63, 123-135

The debate about migration in political and media discourse is dominated by issues of economics and culture, while only the ethical approach reveals the question of power, writes Phillip Cole. The left must on one hand understand anxieties people hav... Read More about On the borders of solidarity: Ethics, power and immigration controls.

Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice? (2016)
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Clegg, P., Dunwoodie-Stirton, F., & Cole, P. (2016). Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice?. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 54(1), 46-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2015.1126886

Since the late 1990s emphasis has been placed by the UK government on enhancing human rights in its Overseas Territories. Some early changes were enforced, but more recently persuasion and capacity building have been prioritised. However, due to the... Read More about Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice?.

At the borders of political theory: Carens and the ethics of immigration 1 (2015)
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Cole, P. (2015). At the borders of political theory: Carens and the ethics of immigration 1. European Journal of Political Theory, 14(4), 501-510. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474885115594283

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Carens’ book covers a wide range of issues concerning the ethics of immigration, and although he is best known as a theorist of open borders that argument takes up a relatively small part of the book, and is indeed a sma... Read More about At the borders of political theory: Carens and the ethics of immigration 1.

Reactions & Debate II: The Ethics of Immigration - Carens and the problem of method (2014)
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Cole, P. (2014). Reactions & Debate II: The Ethics of Immigration - Carens and the problem of method. Ethical perspectives / Catholic University of Leuven ; European Centre for Christian Ethics, 21(4), 600-607

This article is part of a special issue looking at Joseph Carens The Ethics of Immigration and includes his replies.

Scotland headed towards "Independence-Lite"? (2014)
Journal Article
McGlinchey, S., & Cole, P. (2014). Scotland headed towards "Independence-Lite"?. National Interest,

The only certainty is that we do not know what the future holds for the UK, except that there will be radical changes in its relationship with Scotland, with unknown consequences for the country’s future.

Beyond reason: The philosophy and politics of immigration (2014)
Journal Article
Cole, P. (2014). Beyond reason: The philosophy and politics of immigration. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 17(5), 503-520. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2014.919058

In this paper, I critically address the role of arbitrary and contingent features in philosophical debates about migration. These features play a central role, and display the importance of unreason in the debate and the limits of rational criticism.... Read More about Beyond reason: The philosophy and politics of immigration.

Taking moral equality seriously: Egalitarianism and immigration controls (2012)
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Cole, P. (2012). Taking moral equality seriously: Egalitarianism and immigration controls. Journal of International Political Theory, 8(1-2), 121-134. https://doi.org/10.3366/jipt.2012.0033

In this paper I re-state the egalitarian argument against the morality of immigration controls: such limits violate the central ethical commitment to moral equality. This means that immigration controls fail a fundamental moral test and represent the... Read More about Taking moral equality seriously: Egalitarianism and immigration controls.

Migration and the human right to health (2009)
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Cole, P. (2009). Migration and the human right to health. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 18(01), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180108090117

In December 2007 it was revealed that the British government is considering the exclusion of certain groups of migrants—those considered to be present “illegally”—from primary health care provided by the National Health Service (NHS). At present, pra... Read More about Migration and the human right to health.

The body politic: Theorising disability and impairment (2007)
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Cole, P. (2007). The body politic: Theorising disability and impairment. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 24(2), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2007.00369.x

© Society for Applied Philosophy, 2007. In her critique of the social model of disability, Lorella Terzi argues that it oversocialises disability, and that some kind of connection must be made between disability and bodily impairment. In this paper I... Read More about The body politic: Theorising disability and impairment.

Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice (2007)
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Cole, P. (2007). Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice. Journal of Medical Ethics, 33(5), 269-272. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2005.014829

The UK government has recently taken steps to exclude certain groups of migrants from free treatment under the National Health Service, most controversially from treatment for HIV. Whether this discrimination can have any coherent ethical basis is qu... Read More about Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice.

Social Liberty and the Physically Disabled (1987)
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COLE, P. (1987). Social Liberty and the Physically Disabled. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 4(1), 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.1987.tb00200.x

ABSTRACT Liberal political philosophy has little of interest to say about the social liberty of the physically disabled. It accepts that the physically disabled and the able‐bodied are equally at liberty, even though the former can do far less than t... Read More about Social Liberty and the Physically Disabled.