Leviathan on a Leash (eBook)

A Theory of State Responsibility

Sean Fleming (Autor)

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2020
224 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21128-2 (ISBN)

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New perspectives on the role of collective responsibility in modern politicsStates are commonly blamed for wars, called on to apologize, held liable for debts and reparations, bound by treaties, and punished with sanctions. But what does it mean to hold a state responsible as opposed to a government, a nation, or an individual leader? Under what circumstances should we assign responsibility to states rather than individuals? Leviathan on a Leash demystifies the phenomenon of state responsibility and explains why it is a challenging yet indispensable part of modern politics.Taking Thomas Hobbes' theory of the state as his starting point, Sean Fleming presents a theory of state responsibility that sheds new light on sovereign debt, historical reparations, treaty obligations, and economic sanctions. Along the way, he overturns longstanding interpretations of Hobbes' political thought, explores how new technologies will alter the practice of state responsibility as we know it, and develops new accounts of political authority, representation, and legitimacy. He argues that Hobbes' idea of the state offers a far richer and more realistic conception of state responsibility than the theories prevalent today, and demonstrates that Hobbes' Leviathan is much more than an anthropomorphic "e;artificial man."e;Leviathan on a Leash is essential reading for political theorists, scholars of international relations, international lawyers, and philosophers. This groundbreaking book recovers a forgotten understanding of state personality in Hobbes' thought and shows how to apply it to the world of imperfect states in which we live.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 3 b/w illus. 3 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Agential theory • Analogy • Annexation • artificial person • attempt • authorization • autonomous robot • Baltic Legations (1940–91) • Baltic States • Bernard Williams • body politic • Book • central authority • Christian List • Collective Action • Collective responsibility • Colonialism • Consideration • constitutional amendment • Copyright • corporate agent • Corporate Identity • corporate personhood • Corporate Social Responsibility • corporation • Creditor • Culpability • Customary international law • Debtor • Decision-Making • Decolonization • de facto • de jure • Early Modern political thought • Emigration • Employment • ethics • Explanation • functional theory • Funding • Government in Exile • Group Agency • group agent • hobbesian • Hobbesian theory • Hobbes on Law and International Affairs • Identity (social science) • Impossibility • inference • Institution • insurance • intentionality • Intention (criminal law) • international criminal law • International Law • International Law Commission • International Monetary Fund • International Organization • International Relations • invasion of Kuwait • iraqis • James Crawford • Kingdom of Hawaii • Larry May • Legal Personality • Legal Personhood • Legislation • Legislator • Legislature • Limiting Leviathan • Misrepresentation • moral agency • Moral agent • moral personhood • moral responsibility • Multitude • national identity • Necessity • Nominalism • Obligation • odious debt • Ownership • Pacta sunt servanda • Payment • Person • Personhood • Philip Pettit • Philosopher • Political Philosophy • political realism • Politics • presumption • Presumption (canon law) • Princeton University Press • Republic • Requirement • result • Sanctions against Iraq • Slavery • Sovereignty • Soviet Union • State function • State of nature • state personhood • state responsibility • stipulation • Subjectivity • Succession of states • Suggestion • Supervisor • Tax • Theft • theory • The Possibility, Design, and Status of Corporate Agents • Thomas Hobbes • Thought • Tort • Treaty • Unintended Consequences • vicarious liability • Voting • wrongdoing
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21128-0 / 0691211280
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21128-2 / 9780691211282