When the noted political philosopher Iris Marion Young died in
2006, her death was mourned as the passing of "one of the most
important political philosophers of the past quarter-century" (Cass
Sunstein) and as an important and innovative thinker working at the
conjunction of a number of important topics: global justice;
democracy and difference; continental political theory; ethics and
international affairs; and gender, race and public policy. In her
long-awaited RESPONSIBILITY FOR JUSTICE, Young discusses our
responsibilities to address "structural" injustices in which we
among many are implicated (but for which we not to blame), often by
virtue of participating in a market, such as buying goods produced
in sweatshops, or participating in booming housing markets that
leave many homeless. Young argues that addressing these structural
injustices requires a new model of responsibility, which she calls
the "social connection" model. She develops this idea by clarifying
the nature of structural injustice; developing the notion of
political responsibility for injustice and how it differs from
older ideas of blame and guilt; and finally how we can then use
this model to describe our responsibilities to others no matter who
we are and where we live. With a foreword by Martha C. Nussbaum,
this last statement by a revered and highly influential thinker
will be of great interest to political theorists and philosophers,
ethicists, and feminist and political philosophers. 'Iris Marion
Young's death in 2006 was a tragic loss for the field of political
theory, and this manuscript is evidence of how much she had yet to
contribute. Like all her work, it addresses issues of enormous
philosophical and political importance, and does so in a way that
is original and insightful. It integrates a rich array of examples,
concepts, theories and resources, from empirical social science to
continental philosophy, and does so in a way that is seamless and
effortless... it's an important manuscript and a fitting testament
to Young's career."- Will Kymlicka, Philosophy, Queens University
'[The book] is both very distinctively the work of Iris Marion
Young in its topic, style of argument and presentation, but it also
makes a number of important contributions to contemporary political
philosophy, through trying to work out a 'social connection' theory
of responsibility. It is particularly impressive in the open way it
draws on sources - equally at home discussing Derrida, Sartre and
Levinas, as contemporary analytic philosophers such as G.A. Cohen,
Alan Buchanan and Robert Goodin.' Jonathan Wolff, Philosophy,
University College London
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