Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 185 Seiten).
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
978-0-19-187209-9
Series Statement:
New topics in applied philosophy
Content:
There are many actions that we attribute, at least colloquially, to states. Given their size and influence, states are able to inflict harm far beyond the reach of a single individual. But there is a great deal of unclarity about exactly who is implicated in that kind of harm, and how we should think about responsibility for it. It is a commonplace assumption that democratic publics both authorize and have control over what their states do; that their states act in their name and on their behalf. In Not In Their Name, Holly Lawford-Smith approaches these questions from the perspective of social ontology, asking whether the state is a collective agent, and whether ordinary citizens are members of that agent. If it is, and they are, there's a clear case for democratic collective culpability. She explores alternative conceptions of the state and of membership in the state; alternative conceptions of collective agency applied to the state; the normative implications of membership in the state; and both culpability (from the inside) and responsibility (from the outside) for what the state does. Ultimately, Lawford-Smith argues for the exculpation of ordinary citizens and the inculpation of those working in public services
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-19-883366-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Staatstätigkeit
;
Politische Ethik
;
Kollektivschuld
;
Verantwortung
;
Staatsbürger
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198833666.001.0001
URL:
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