دانلود کتاب The Politics of Responsibility: How to Shift the Burden

There is no doubt that responsibility matters: that each of us owes a duty of care toothers. Where there is disagreement, however, is over the standard of care and the scope of the duty: how much do we owe, and to whom? This is, in part, an ethical question; but it is a purely ethical question only when the ethical context is settled. In the absence of any such settlement, it is not an ethical question but a political one; for before the ethical question can be broached it must be clear what is the framework within which claims about responsibility may be addressed. It is only then that we can argue about how particular burdens may be shifted. Indeed, because the standard of responsibility accepted does so much depend on the settlement of more fundamental political questions it can plausibly be argued that all issues of responsibility are, ultimately, political issues.