Collective Responsibility: Five Decades of Debate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics (Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy)

May, Larry

ISBN 10: 0847676927 / ISBN 13: 9780847676927

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1992

About this Item

Reflecting on such events as the Holocaust and apartheid, these essays consider how they could have been prevented and who may be to blame. A debate between individualists and collectivists is applied in the second half to cases involving harm in professional and business contexts. Editor(s): May, Larry; Hoffman, Stacey. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430. . 1992. First Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collective Responsibility: Five Decades of Debate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics (Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847676927
• ISBN 13: 9780847676927
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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?

About the Author

Larry May is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis.Stacey Hoffman is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University.