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Iris Marion Young's "Social Connection Model" of responsibility: Clarifying the meaning of connection

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What responsibilities do individuals have for global injustices, such as sweatshop labour? Iris Marion Young sought to answer this question with her “social connection model” of responsibility. She argues that all individuals “connected” to structural injustice share political responsibility (as opposed to moral or legal responsibility) to collectively struggle against it. The theory was inspired by the anti-sweatshop movement, which recognised that consumers felt responsible for the wo...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1111/josp.12253

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Hilda's College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Social Philosophy Journal website
Volume:
49
Issue:
3
Pages:
484-502
Publication date:
2018-10-29
Acceptance date:
2016-08-31
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EISSN:
1467-9833
ISSN:
0047-2786
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:661062
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uuid:9f7541d5-7086-42dc-8b4c-a51e34163c19
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pubs:661062
Source identifiers:
661062
Deposit date:
2016-11-21

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