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Book SynopsisWhen the noted political philosopher Iris Marion Young died in 2006, her death was mourned as the passing of one of the most important political philosophers of the past quarter-century (Cass Sunstein) and as an important and innovative thinker working at the conjunction of a number of important topics: global justice; democracy and difference; continental political theory; ethics and international affairs; and gender, race and public policy. In her long-awaited Responsibility for Justice, Young discusses our responsibilities to address structural injustices in which we among many are implicated (but for which we not to blame), often by virtue of participating in a market, such as buying goods produced in sweatshops, or participating in booming housing markets that leave many homeless. Young argues that addressing these structural injustices requires a new model of responsibility, which she calls the social connection model. She develops this idea by clarifying the nature of structural
Trade ReviewYoung is wonderful at painting the picture for why we should concern oursleves with structural injustice. * Yolanda Y. Wilson, Mind *
Table of ContentsForeword ; Martha C. Nussbaum ; 1. From Personal to Political Responsibility ; 2. Structure as the Subject of Justice ; 3. Guilt versus Responsibility: ; A Reading and Partial Critique of Hannah Arendt ; 4. A Social Connection Model ; 5. Responsibility Across Borders ; 6. Avoiding Responsibility ; 7. Responsibility and Historic Injustice ; Index
