Another society does not have an implicit duty to allow them to enter it. Though it may receive utility or economic benefit for members of it by doing so in which case it could choose to allow them in.
In practice the individuals most likely to own firearms in US society are politically extreme and, from a moderate perspective, much more dangerous than the government.
imagine you wake up as jew in nazi-germany you look out the window some soilders put outher jews into a train to auschwitz. You hear that your door got opend. What exactly do you do without fleeing or physical fighting?
Moral obligations are relative to a given ethic. In a utilitarian point of view, a society have a obligation to care equally about everybody. (which doesn’t mean that helping its members first can’t be the best strategy in some context)
An individuals support of freedom and justice is not the only measure of value an individual can provide to a society. This conclusion is reached by purposefully ignoring any scientific or economic benefit a person could bring.
crow
1. What if the battle is between two equally bad sides? There is no "good" side in most civil wars (Syria etc.) 2. Some people may view the fighting and "picking sides" as the problem in the first place. By participating you are perpetuating the problem. 3. What if you are a child, disabled etc.?
1. if battle is between two equally "bad" sides you can provide third good side. 2. You don't have to pick sides for liberty. 3. Plenty of revolutions involved children and disabled.
If your political view could cost you life, would you stand by your view and risk death , do like everyone else and suffer in silence or quit your country?
Very often, refugees work undocumented or even become slave labour, which may be "good" for the economy but not so much for the individuals, hence the fear of loosing jobs due to refugee influx.
This does not have to be the status quo and most societies that openly accept refugees make at least some effort to integrate them; generally exploitation of refugees or immigrants occurs only when there is a strong feeling of resentment towards them, as in the United States.
There exist societies where freedom and justice are not held as important concepts, thus by this argument they could still hold value to those societies.
engineerwolf
