Collective responsibility and qualifying actions

Midwest Studies in Philosophy 30 (1):168–175 (2006)
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Abstract

The article presents the issues arising from the memberships of moral agents in collectives that have the burden of moral responsibility. Likewise, it examines the qualifying actions that qualify their membership including deliberate contribution, risk taking and others. It differentiates collective responsibility to shared responsibility

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