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SUMMARY:States' Culpability Through Time
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LOCATION:The University of Melbourne\, Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:<p>Some contemporary states are morally culpable for historically distant wrongs. But which states for which wrongs? The answer is non-obvious\, due to secessions\, unions\, and the formation of new states in the time since the wrongs occurred. This paper develops a framework for answering the question. The argument begins by outlining a picture of states&rsquo\; agency on which states&rsquo\; culpability is distinct from the culpability of states&rsquo\; members. It then outlines\, and rejects\, a plausible-seeming answer to our question:&nbsp\;that culpability transmits from a past state&rsquo\;s action to a present state just if the states are numerically identical\, for example as determined by international law. I advocate a different answer: culpability transmits from a past state&rsquo\;s action to a present state to the extent that the present state is &lsquo\;continuous&rsquo\; with the culpable action. The relationship of &lsquo\;continuity&rsquo\; is one in which the present state&rsquo\;s existence and &lsquo\;endorsed agential resources&rsquo\; are the result of the culpable action\, via an unbroken agential chain of connection from the culpability-producing action to the present state. This relation can hold across secessions\, unions\, and the formation of new states&mdash\;for example between former colonial power and contemporary settler-colonial states.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Francois Schroeter:
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