Collective Responsibility: Five Decades of Debate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics
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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? Contributors:
The editors have assembled an interesting and useful collection on questions of considerable contemporary importance.....
There is a wealth of material here to stimulate reflection.....
Product Details
- Title : Collective Responsibility: Five Decades of Debate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics
- Authors:
- May, Larry
- Hoffman, Stacey
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication Date: 1992
- ISBN: 9780742574021
Larry May is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis.Stacey Hoffman is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University.