When We Decide: Plural Agency, Voluntariness, and Migrant Choice: Philosophy of Immigration Series, Part II

Arianna Peruzzi will speak on voluntariness in migration. The decision to migrate is often made by households, not individuals. In these cases, the act of migration is often best understood as an exercise of plural agency. She offers criteria for voluntariness in migration that are apt to cases of plural agency. A conversation with Professor Matthew Lindauer (Philosophy, Brooklyn College) and the audience will follow.

Peruzzi’s research is in political philosophy. She is currently writing a dissertation on migration justice, territorial rights, and rights of nondisplacement. Some of the questions she is investigating include: (1) When is migration involuntary? (2) Who ought to be eligible for refugeehood/asylee status? And (3) Do communities have rights against displacement? She received her B.A. at the University of Houston, completing majors in philosophy and liberal studies, and minors in English, music history, and politics.

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