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Moral Responsibility in Collective Contexts (Hardcover)
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Moral Responsibility in Collective Contexts (Hardcover)
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Genocide, global warming, organizational negligence, and oppressive
social practices are four examples of moral contexts in which the
interplay between individuals and collectives complicate how we are
to understand moral responsibility. Moral Responsibility in
Collective Contexts is a philosophical investigation of the complex
moral landscape we find in collective situations such as these.
Tracy Isaacs argues that an accurate understanding of moral
responsibility in collective contexts requires attention to
responsibility at the individual and collective levels. Part One
establishes the normative significance of collective
responsibility. Isaacs argues that collective responsibility is
indispensible to providing a morally adequate account of collective
actions such as genocide, and that without it even individual
responsibility in genocide would not make sense. Isaacs explains
the concepts of collective intention and collective intentional
action, provides accounts of collective moral responsibility and
collective guilt, and defends collective responsibility against
objections, including the objection that collective responsibility
holds some responsible for the actions of others. Part Two focuses
on individual responsibility in collective contexts. Isaacs claims
that individuals are not morally responsible for collective actions
as such, but they can be responsible in collective actions for the
parts they play. She argues that the concept of collective
obligation can help to address large scale global challenges such
as global warming, environmental degradation, and widespread
poverty and malnutrition. Finally, Isaacs discusses cases of
widespread ignorance and participation in wrongful social practice,
whether it constitutes an excuse, and how to effect social change
in those conditions.
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