Strukturális igazságtalanság és a felelősség problémája

Structural injustice is a special class of injustice which stems not from unjust or negligent governments, legislatures, groups of individuals, but from unjust social structures. Such social structures include the patriarchy, structural racism, and the class structure generating unjust social inequalities. Who is responsible for creating and abolishing such structural injustices? The most influential answer to this question is provided by Iris Marion Young’s theory. Young argues that no one bears backward-looking responsibility for structural injustice, i.e., no one can be blamed or held to account for them, but everyone who is socially connected to unjust structures bears forward-looking responsibility to abolish them. Numerous challenges were raised against Young’s theory in recent years. In this paper I argue that it can be defended against the most important challenges.