Not in their name : are citizens culpable for their states' actions? / Holly Lawford-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawford-Smith, Holly, author.

Series:

New topics in applied philosophy.

Oxford scholarship online.

New topics in applied philosophy

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Moral and ethical aspects.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 185 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Are citizens culpable for their states' actions

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Holly Lawford-Smith questions to what extent ordinary citizens are morally responsible for their state's actions and argues for the exculpation of individual citizens and the inculpation of those working in public services.

Contents:

Cover; Not In Their Name: Are Citizens Culpable For Their States' Actions?; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; 2: What is The State?; I. The Options; II. Citizen-Inclusive States; III. Membership: Location, Legal Status, Relations, Causal Contribution; IV. Membership: Normative Interaction, Duty Transferral; V. States as the Formal Apparatus of Governance; 3: Is the Citizen-Inclusive State an Agent?; I. Strong Accounts of Collective Agency; II. Moderate Accounts of Collective Agency; III. Weak Accounts of Collective Agency

IV. Collective Agency and Collective Moral Agency; V. Citizen-Inclusive States as Agents: The Upshot; 4: Is the Citizen-Exclusive State an Agent?; I. The Structure of the Citizen-Exclusive State; II. From Decision to Action (Intention and Implementation); III. Subordinates as Extended Minds; IV. Is the Citizen-Exclusive State an Agent?; V. Is the Citizen-Exclusive State a Moral Agent?; VI. Relationship between the Citizen-Exclusive State and Its Citizens; 5: Citizens' Culpability and Responsibility for States' Actions; Part One: Culpability; I. Citizens' Culpability for States' Actions

II. A Thought Experiment Three Ways; III. Responsibility for Weak Shared Agency; IV. One-Off and Episodic Agency, or, Culpability for Joint Action; V. Citizens are not Culpable for States' Actions; Part Two: Responsibility; VI. Commissioning, Coercion, Complicity; Commissioning; Coercion; Complicity; VII. Association, Benefiting, Privilege, Capacity; Association; Benefiting; Privilege; Capacity; VIII. A Note on Comparative Demandingness; IX. Citizen Responsibility in Summary; 6: Governmental Culpability; I. Collective Punishment: Some Clarifications

II. The Challenge: Group and Member Culpability; III. Corporations, Armies, Governments; IV. Collective Culpability and Distributed Punishment; V. Getting Members off the Hook; VI. Double-Counting Responsibility; 7: Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-257033-1

0-19-187209-1

0-19-257032-3