Should people be free to choose the country in which they live?
Our debate has now come to a close. The closing statements by our two debaters have not swayed opinionsignificantly:a clear majority of participants sided with David Goodhart in believing that there should be limits on people’s freedom to choose the countries inwhich they live.
However, this does not mean that JackieStevens's argument to the contrary has got short shrift (忽视). Many were convinced by her principled argument that citizens born into one country by accident have no business(无权) restricting the movement of others to that country,with one reader chastising the "sense of entitlement" in anti-immigration rhetoric. As anotherreader points out, even Mr Goodhart acknowledges that it may in principle bedesirable for people to have unfettered freedom to move, but that it is simply not practical in today’s world with its enormous inequalities of access to wealth and opportunities.
The commenter goes on to suggest thatpolicymakers should focus on enabling as much freedom of movement as ispossible under these circumstances, even if they cannot or do not want to openthe borders completely.
归纳总结
At a time when many liberal democracies aregoing the other way, often ensuring how better to keep people out rather than maximising their chances to come in, they may do well to heed this suggestion if they are to retain their liberal credentials.
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