Open borders via natural resource egalitarianism: a failed route

Immigration restrictions close-off large portions of the earth to proportions earth’s population. For those who regard and its natural resources as belonging mankind equally in common, this is a morally impermissible state affairs. This because, if belong all equally, then exclusion anyone from any portion will be violation their ownership rights. A commitment Natural Resource Egalitarianism (NRE) therefore held entail substantially more open, or even fully open borders. paper does not seek directly refute claims NRE, but rather seeks demonstrate failure arguments establish moral necessity general opening addresses two most prominent accounts Open Borders NRE—Equal Division NRE Egalitarian Ownership NRE—as well recent attempt advocate for borders by combining these positions into so-called ‘Combined Model’. argues that none three can plausibly coherently account