Groups as Agents / Key Concepts (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
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", "the U.S....
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", "the U.S....
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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", "the U.S. 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 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. Tollefsen explores the nature of belief, action and
intention, and shows the reader how a belief in group agency can be
reconciled with our understanding of individual agency and
accountability.
Groups as Agents will be a vital resource for scholars as
well as for students of philosophy and the social sciences
encountering the topic for the first time.
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", "the U.S. 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 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. Tollefsen explores the nature of belief, action and
intention, and shows the reader how a belief in group agency can be
reconciled with our understanding of individual agency and
accountability.
Groups as Agents will be a vital resource for scholars as
well as for students of philosophy and the social sciences
encountering the topic for the first time.
Autoren-Porträt von Deborah Tollefsen
Deborah Tollefsen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Deborah Tollefsen
- 2015, 1. Auflage, 184 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0745684874
- ISBN-13: 9780745684871
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.06.2015
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