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15 - The Moral Principles Governing the Immigration Policies of Polities

from Part III - Themes in Catholic Social Teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2019

By
Kevin L. Flannery, SJ
Edited by
Gerard V. Bradley  and
E. Christian Brugger
Gerard V. Bradley
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
E. Christian Brugger
Affiliation:
St Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Florida
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The author presents a necessarily brief summary of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) regarding immigration, featuring especially Pius XII's much neglected apostolic constitution Exsul familia. He also sets out some of the philosophical presuppositions of CST as it pertains to immigration. These presuppositions are to be found, he maintains, especially in the writings of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. He then examines in some detail Francisco de Vitoria's ideas regarding immigration, based as they are upon Aristotelian and Thomistic principles. Finally, he offers answers to questions that have arisen over the course of the essay.

Keywords

human rightsrefugeesimmigrantscitizenshipnational sovereigntythe law of nationsnatural lawcommon and proper principlesPius XIIThomas AquinasFrancisco de VitoriaTimon of Athens
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Catholic Social Teaching
A Volume of Scholarly Essays
 , pp. 365 - 386
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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