Bringing Responsibility to Justice

In order to successfully introduce responsibility-sensitivity into theories of justice (distributive and relational) and theories of political morality (broadly conceived) it is not enough to merely draw distinctions between (i) different models of what responsibility-sensitivity requires in itself...

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Main Author: Brown, Alexander 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2017]
In: Ethical perspectives
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 363-404
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Political ethics / Justice / Sense of responsibility
IxTheo Classification:NCB Personal ethics
NCD Political ethics
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:In order to successfully introduce responsibility-sensitivity into theories of justice (distributive and relational) and theories of political morality (broadly conceived) it is not enough to merely draw distinctions between (i) different models of what responsibility-sensitivity requires in itself and (ii) different normative grounds of, or justifications for, responsibility-sensitivity. We must also draw distinctions between (iii) different roles played by responsibility-sensitivity within our theories; (iv) different accounts of the strength of responsibility-sensitivity within theories of justice; (v) different accounts of the strength of responsibility-sensitivity within theories of political morality; and (vi) different conceptions of the other requirements also incorporated into theories of justice and theories of political morality. The intended payoff of all this distinction-drawing is twofold: first, a more accurate, comprehensive, and illuminating account of the nature of the position of responsibility-sensitivity within theories of justice and theories of political morality; and, second, paving the way for a more sophisticated and analytically sharp research agenda on the subject of whether or not responsibility-sensitivity should have a position in our theories of normative political concepts in the face of mounting scepticism over its doing so, owing in part to the harshness/abandonment objection and the unfreedom objection.
ISSN:1370-0049
Contains:Enthalten in: Ethical perspectives
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/EP.24.3.3248536