Susan, Mark, and Students, Again, in keeping with Michael's questions, I remind you this is an abstract. But I'll try to state clearly and simply here precisely what I am trying to summarize from our discussions. Minow 's work on unstated assumptions relates the issue of accountability to the difficulty of determining discrimination when the rules seem the same for everyone because so many inaccurate presumptions. Covaleskie emphasizes the same difficulty of recognizing control and the unjust use of power when the power is disciplinary instead of sovereign, precisely because so much does remain unstated, and rule-bound. Our discussion centered around the difficulty of recognizing our own privilege, brought out so well by Peggy McIntosh.
Balance is required.
A solid understanding of accountability helps find that balance.