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Responsible Citizens, Irresponsible States Av Avia (associate Professor In Political Theory Associate Professor In Political Theory University College

States are often held responsible for their wrongdoings. States pay compensation for their unjust wars, as did Iraq in the aftermath of its invasion of Kuwait. States pay reparations for their historical wrongdoings, as did Chile to the victims of the Pinochet Regime, or Germany to Israel and other countries because of the Holocaust. Some argue that they should pay punitive damages for their international crimes as well. But state responsibility has a troubling feature: states are corporate agents, comprising flesh and blood citizens. When they turn to the public purse to finance their corporate liabilities, it is their citizens who pay the price. Even citizens who protested against their state''s policies, did not know about them, or had no influence on policy makers end up sharing the burden. Why should these citizens pay for their state''s wrongdoings, if they don''t carry the blame? Responsible Citizens, Irresponsible States develops a fresh justification for citizens'' duties to s

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