The collectivist approach to collective moral responsibility

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 634-651

  Miller, Seumas ^a   Makela, Pekka ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collective moral responsibility; Collectivist approach; Individualist account; Joint responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049413796     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2005.00397.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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