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Can institutions, in the sense of formal organizations, be considered vulnerable to moral burdens? The contributors to this book critically examine the idea of the 'collective' or 'institutional' moral agent in, inter alia , the guise of states, transnational corporations, the UN and international society. The viability of treating these entities as bearers of moral responsibilities is explored in the context of some of the most critical and debated issues and events in international relations, including the genocide in Rwanda, development aid, the Kosovo campaign and global justice.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Making Sense of ‘Responsibility’ in International Relations — Key Questions and Concepts
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Identifying Moral Agents: States, Governments, and ‘International Society’
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Hard Cases: Assigning Duties
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Hard Cases: Apportioning Blame
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Editors and Affiliations
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CHRISTIAN BARRY Director, Program on Justice and the World Economy, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
CHRIS BROWN Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics, UK
PAUL CORNISH Director, Centre for Dence Studies, Kings College, University of London, UK
REBECCA DEWINTER School of International Service, American University, USA
MERVYN FROST Professor of International Relations, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
FRANCES V. HARBOUR Associate Professor of Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, USA
DANIELA KROSLAK University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
ANTHONY F. LANG Jr. Program Officer, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
CORNELIA NAVARI Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
NICHOLAS RENGGER Professor of Political Theory and International Relations, St Andrews University, UK
DAVID RUNCIMAN Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Cambridge, UK
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Can Institutions Have Responsibilities?
Book Subtitle: Collective Moral Agency and International Relations
Editors: Toni Erskine
Series Title: Global Issues
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403938466
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-97129-1Published: 11 November 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-1720-1Published: 02 November 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-3846-6Published: 11 November 2003
Series ISSN: 2947-8863
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8871
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 241
Topics: International Relations, International Organization, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Political History