TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kahn, Elizabeth
T1  - Injustice and collectivization in world politics
T2  - Global justice : theory, practice, rhetoric
N2  - In Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics Catherine Lu endorses the idea that those who contribute to the reproduction of structural injustice have responsibilities to address that injustice (Lu, 2017). However, in the book, Lu does not explore the grounds and justification for recognising such a responsibility. In order to address this deficit, this paper proposes that those likely to contribute to the reproduction of structural injustice, in the future, have precautionary duties, in the present, that require them to take action aimed at preventing their future contribution. It is proposed that these ‘collectivization duties’ (Collins, 2013) require them to act responsively with a view to forming a collective that can end the structural injustice in question. This account recommends a collective-action solution alongside recognising that each socially connected agent is obliged to act. However, it does not entail that amorphous groups bear responsibilities and is appropriate in its attribution of blame, thus avoiding both Nussbaum’s (2011) critique of perpetually forward-looking accounts and the ‘agency objection’ (Wringe, 2010).
KW  - structural injustice
KW  - collectivization
KW  - liability model
KW  - responsibility
KW  - social-connection
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/60987
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-609879
SN  - 1835-6842
VL  - 11.2018
IS  - 2
SP  - 29
EP  - 50
PB  - The Global Justice Network
ER  -