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Sharing responsibilityLarry May

Sharing responsibility

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"Is moral responsibility limited only to the consequences of overt individual actions? Or are individuals also responsible for attitudes, inaction, and the consequences of actions taken by their communities?"--BOOK JACKET. "In this original work, Larry May argues that even when they do not directly participate, people share responsibility for various harms perpetrated by their communities. A robust theory of responsibility, May holds, must pay heed to the makeup of the self as well as to actions: not only "what we do," but in a larger sense, "who we are.""--BOOK JACKET. "Taking as its point…

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Editions

2 in Spinefolk
FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
PaperbackUniversity Of Chicago Press19962049780226511696
EditionUniversity of Chicago Press19922049780226511689
Existential ethicsMoral and ethical aspectsResponsibilitySocial ethicsSocial groupsExistentialism