A321 Captain reported refusing an aircraft that had flight control faults on 3 of the previous 4 flights. After consulting maintenance; the Captain rejected the aircraft; yet the aircraft was offered to other flight crews without additional maintenance actions.

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I was assigned an aircraft that had flight control faults on flap system 1 on 3 of the previous 4 flights . It also had a F/CTL Flap sys 2 fault [previously]. I talked to maintenance control and asked about trends and history and was told they don't necessarily worry about that anymore. I refused the aircraft because of safety issues involving flight control issues with 2 flap systems. The aircraft was then assigned to 2 other Captains who also refused the aircraft. They were obviously 'shopping' an aircraft with a flight control problem instead of fixing it properly. The aircraft should have been taken out of service by maintenance and should not have had to have me do their job. Aircraft ; especially ones with obvious flight control issues; need to be maintained and fixed properly and not passed along until someone decides to take a risk and accept one. This will become an even greater issue as we upgrade and hire people with much less experience who may feel pressured into an unsafe situation.