Sharing ResponsibilityAre individuals responsible for the consequences of actions taken by their community? What about their community's inaction or its attitudes? In this innovative book, Larry May departs from the traditional Western view that moral responsibility is limited to the consequences of overt individual action. Drawing on the insights of Arendt, Jaspers, and Sartre, he argues that even when individuals are not direct participants, they share responsibility for various harms perpetrated by their communities. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Existentialism Self and Voluntariness | 15 |
2 | 33 |
3 | 42 |
Groups and Personal Value Transformation | 73 |
Negligence and Professional Responsibility | 87 |
Collective Inaction and Responsibility | 105 |
Sharing Responsibility for Collective Inaction | 112 |
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