Immigration

I've been following Jack Marshall's Ethics Alarms blog for a few months now. He does a good job of discussing ethical issues in the news, but he also has some rather distasteful attitudes about immigration. In the past, I've been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because his ethical opinion, however wrong-headed I believed it to be, conformed more or less to U.S. … [Read more...] about Crushing Immigrants’ Dreams

With all of the bat-shit crazy, radical fear mongering about how illegal aliens will destroy our great Christian nation, Denver may actually pass a ballot initiative welcoming them with open arms. Or tentacles, maybe. The Wall Street Journal has an article all about it. (Sorry, it may be behind a pay wall.)Ballot Initiative 300 would require the city to set up an … [Read more...] about Illegal Aliens to be Welcomed in Denver

I just noticed that ethicist Jack Marshall has addressed the ethics of hiring illegal immigrants: Are Restaurants That Hire Illegal Immigrants Ethical? No. Sigh. I agree with a lot of what Jack Marshall has to say about ethics. For example, he's dead-on to call out the Obama administration for this censorious nonsense. But when it comes to economics issues, especially having … [Read more...] about Are Restaurants That Hire Illegal Immigrants Ethical?

In my previous post about illegal immigration, I asserted that, What illegal immigration amounts to is taking your turn when you're not supposed to. It's the moral equivalent of fishing without a permit, or running a red light when there's no other traffic. That brought the following response from commenter "mahtso": "Arizona is the busiest entry point for illegal … [Read more...] about Illegal Immigration and the Criminal Enterprise

A couple of years ago, I wrote about an immigration analogy I read on another site. I don't want to repeat the whole thing, but here's the key part I didn't like: Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the … [Read more...] about So What If It’s Illegal?