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- Title
State-Sponsored Injustice: The Case of Eugenic Sterilization.
- Authors
Page, Jennifer M.
- Abstract
In analytic political philosophy, it is common to view state-sponsored injustice as the work of a corporate agent. But as I argue, structural injustice theory provides grounds for reassessing the agential approach, producing new insights into state-sponsored injustice. Using the case of eugenic sterilization in the United States, this article proposes a structurally-sensitive conception of state-sponsored injustice with six components: authorization, protection, systemization, execution, enablement, and norm- and belief-influence. Iris Marion Young's models of responsibility for agential and structural injustice, and the place of state-sponsored injustice with respect to these models, are also discussed.
- Subjects
SOCIAL injustice; POLITICAL philosophy; SOCIAL responsibility of business; EUGENICS; STERILIZATION of women
- Publication
Social Theory & Practice, 2019, Vol 45, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
0037-802X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5840/soctheorpract20191752