Complicity

Ethics and Law for a Collective Age

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Paperback, 344 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2007
ISBN13: 9780521039703
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Hoofdrubriek : Filosofie
Juridisch : Algemeen juridisch
Cambridge University Press e druk, 2007 9780521039703
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We live in a morally flawed world. Our lives are complicated by what other people do, and by the harms that flow from our social, economic and political institutions. Our relations as individuals to these collective harms constitute the domain of complicity. This book examines the relationship between collective responsibility and individual guilt. It presents a rigorous philosophical account of the nature of our relations to the social groups in which we participate, and uses that account in a discussion of contemporary moral theory. Christopher Kutz shows that the two prevailing theories of moral philosophy, Kantianism and consequentialism, both have difficulties resolving problems of complicity. He then argues for a richer theory of accountability in which any real understanding of collective action not only allows but demands individual responsibility.

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ISBN13:9780521039703
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:344
Verschijningsdatum:16-8-2007
Hoofdrubriek:Algemeen juridisch

Inhoudsopgave

Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The deep structure of individual accountability; 3. Acting together; 4. Moral accountability and collective action; 5. Complicitous accountability; 6. Problematic accountability: facilitation, unstructured collective harm, and organizational dysfunction; 7. Complicity, conspiracy, and shareholder liability; 8. Conclusion: accountability and the possibility of community; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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