Can Institutions Have Responsibilities?: Collective Moral Agency and International Relations

by Toni Erskine

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403917205
• ISBN13: 9781403917201
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"