| Can Institutions Have Responsibilities?: Collective Moral Agency and International Relations 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Erskine, Toni (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333971299 ISBN-13: 9780333971291 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: Can institutions (in the sense of formal organizations) bear duties and be ascribed blame in the same way that we understand individual human beings to be morally responsible for actions? The idea of the "institutional moral agent" is critically examined in the guise of states, transnational corporations, the UN, NATO and international society in the context of some of the most critical and debated issues and events in international relations, including the Kosovo Campaign, development aid, and genocide in Rwanda. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 172.4 |
| LCCN: 2003046939 |
| Series: Global Issues |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.7" W x 8.82" (0.94 lbs) 241 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
