Global Gender Justice

Human Rights and Political Responsibility

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ID12643555
AuthorsMargaret A McLaren (0000-0002-9878-002X, George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Chair of Philosophy, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, USA, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume20
Issue2
Pages127-144
Publication date2019-04-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Horizons (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1440-9917 • E-ISSN: 1568-5160
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14409917.2019.1596212
OpenAlexW2942294521
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

I argue that Iris Marion Young’s concept of political responsibility is well suited for transnational feminism analyses. Young’s work reveals the intersections of ethical, social, and political theory; her model of political responsibility articulates a view of shared social and political responsibility for the structural conditions of exploitation and domination. Young’s theory of political responsibility provides an account that views responsibility for social injustice as both deeply personal, and shared. She argues that we can only discharge our political responsibility by engaging with others in collective actions that seek to change unjust situation and institutions. I argue that Young’s model of political responsibility, because of its focus on structural injustice, provides a more nuanced account of global justice than either a human rights framework, or a cosmopolitan framework. Because Young’s theory of political responsibility focuses on structural injustice we can use it to analyze inequalities and asymmetries of power with respect to gender and in terms of structural injustice

Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Global justice · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Rights and Development · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy

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