On the crisis of responsibility in a globalizing world
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https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2021.64.13Keywords:
Responsibility, Globalization, Agency, Social structure, Social ontologyAbstract
The notion of responsibility seeks to establish a connection between agents and some harm or injustice, imposing on them the duty to make things right. The identification of responsibilities is therefore a fundamental step in the work of fighting against injustices, by imposing concrete obligations on particular agents. However, our globalizing world puts in crisis the traditional assumptions on which this idea is based. In this article I examine the reasons for this crisis and I offer alternative interpretations to avoid the problems identified. I argue in favour of adopting a structural perspective that leaves aside the interactional point of view of ethics.
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