Groups as Agents - Couverture souple

Tollefsen, Deborah Perron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 074568484X ISBN 13 : 9780745684840

Editeur : Polity, 2015

Synopsis

In the social sciences and in everyday speech we often talk about groups as if they behaved in the same way as individuals, thinking and acting as a singular being. We say, for example, that “Google intends to develop an automated car,” that “the US Government believes that Syria has used chemical weapons on its people,” or that “the NRA wants to protect the rights of gun owners.” We also often ascribe legal and moral responsibility to groups. But could groups literally intend things? Is there such a thing as a collective mind? If so, should groups be held morally responsible? Such questions are of vital importance to our understanding of the social world. In this lively, engaging introduction, suitable for both scholars and students, Deborah Tollefsen offers a careful survey of contemporary philosophers’ answers to these questions and argues for the unorthodox view that certain groups should, indeed, be treated as agents and deserve to be held morally accountable.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Deborah Tollefsen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 074568484X
• ISBN 13: 9780745684840
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 164
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