Duty to respond [electronic resource] : mass crime, denial, and collective responsibility / Nenad Dimitrijevic.

9786155053085 (electronic bk.)
9786155053078

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2011.

English

1 online resource (xiii, 211 p.)

HM866 .D56 2011eb

179.7

The subject of the book is responsibility for collective crime. Collective crime is an act committed by a significant number of the members of a group, in the name of all members of that group, with the support of the majority of group members, and against individuals targeted on the basis of their belonging to a different group. The central claim is that all members of the group in whose name collective crime is committed share responsibility for it. This book's special interest is with analytical and normative defense of arguments that purport to explain reasons for, and the character of, responsibility of decent people. Those who did not intend, support, or committed wrong, are still accountable in a nonvicarious manner. The basis of their responsibility is the crime specific relationship between group identity and personal identity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access limited to authorized users.

Description based on print version record.

Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources