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bradleyhsmith.bsky.social
Philosopher and teacher in moral, legal, and political philosophy at St Andrews. Author of The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees. Charity worker. Political campaigner. Drummer. Website: https://www.bradleyhilliersmith.com/
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Delighted that my research on the Moral Harms of Homelessness has just been published by the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. Available here: A short summary below:

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New from FM: The UK is detaining children in poor conditions at the border in France | Sonia Lenegan https://buff.ly/4hR8qFv

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There are no adequate grounds to suspend Syrians' asylum claims

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Pleased to share that my comments on @deefthymiou.bsky.social's rich & interesting paper on refugee protection in the EU quota system is now out in the Ethics of Migration Policy Dilemmas series at @mpc-eui.bsky.social #philsky migrationpolicycentre.eu/the-ethics-o...

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A copyedited preprint of my paper "Can States Resist Migration Blackmail While Protecting Migrants?", forthcoming in Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, is now available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UIRe...

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

This is pretty spot on by @labourlewis.bsky.social. As @zoejardiniere.bsky.social pointed out on LBC earlier, there is something very Trumpian, and just generally sickening, about effectively live streaming people in distress for the entertainment of racists. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Thank you to James Souter for this endorsement of my book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees: “In this important book, Bradley Hillier-Smith offers a philosophically sharp critique of what he identifies as the dominant ‘Duty of Rescue Approach’ to understanding... 1/n

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Now I have some followers, I can let you know about my book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees It outlines the obligations states have to refugees that would form an ethical response Available here: www.routledge.com/The-Ethics-o... You can watch a video interview about the book here

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The ACLU do important work advocating for and protecting the rights of migrants in the US. They need support more than ever now. Please consider donating to support their work www.aclu.org/issues/immig...

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Back to teaching today. This term I will be teaching on Refugees and the Ethics of Forced Displacement, and The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

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BREAKING: Human Rights Watch launches World Report 2025 - rights trends in 100+ countries around the globe. bit.ly/4gUvG5f #Rights2025

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Here's the poster for the workshop I'm organizing on citizenship and global inequality!

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

📄 Kieran Oberman's (LSE Philosophy) new paper 'Enough Spurious Distinctions: Refugees are Just People in Need of Refuge' is now available online (open access) 🔗 Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Doing some final prep for the Refugees and Migration module I'm looking forward to teaching this semester.

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Refugee Council advocates for sensible policies for humanitarian visas as a solution to prevent small boat crossings and save lives www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Summer reading list. Just waiting on @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social’s ‘The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees’ 🤓

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Thank you to all who came to the launch event for my book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees the other week. If you missed it, the event is now available online in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E0t...

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To mark #HumanRightsDay, RSA is releasing its latest report on the current conditions in the #refugee facilities on the five #Aegean islands (#Kos #Leros #Samos #Lesvos #Chios), on the conditions &systemic issues impacting all facilities &detailed insights for each one 👇 rsaegean.org/en/refugee-f...

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Last week I sat down with Kieran Oberman to discuss my book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees at @ceppa.bsky.social. You can watch the video interview here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKP5...

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Sanctuary cities respond to Trump deportation plans: ‘We’re preparing to defend our communities’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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My book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees is out now. It outlines what an ethical response to refugees would be based on states' obligations towards the world's displaced. It argues an ethical response is not only urgently required but is within our reach. www.routledge.com/The-Ethics-o...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

#BookView Climate Displacement. J. Draper, 2023. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 272 pp, £90 (hb) | Harrison Munday doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philosophy

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Testing. Does this bloody thing work

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