Collective Responsibility

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Collective Responsibility

Five Decades of Debate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics

Ethics and moral philosophy Society and culture: general Social, group or collective psychology Central / national / federal government policies

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Language: English

Published by: Rowman & Littlefield

Published on: 27th October 1992

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 244 pages

ISBN: 9780742574021


Overview

This anthology presents the best recent philosophical analyses of moral, political, and legal responsibility of groups and their members. Motivated by reflection on such events as the Holocaust, the exploding Ford Pintos, the My Lai massacre, and apartheid in South Africa, the essays consider two important questions: What collective efforts could have prevented these large-scale social harms? And is some group to blame and, if so, how is blame to be apportioned?

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