Groups as Agents (eBook)
184 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7456-9658-4 (ISBN)
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.
Deborah Tollefsen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Group Belief
2. Group Intention
3. Group Agency
4. Group Cognition
5. Interpreting Groups
6. The Moral Responsibility of Groups
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
?This eminently readable book does a great job on two fronts. It
opens up the issues of joint intentionality, group agency, and
collective responsibility, introducing readers to the many
perspectives found in this rapidly emerging field, and it offers a
fine, accessible statement of the distinctive views that the author
herself has developed on those issues.?
Philip Pettit, Princeton University and the Australian National
University
?In this outstanding new book, Deborah Tollefsen analyses group
belief and agency while at each stage clearly articulating the
relation between groups and individuals. She critically evaluates
all the major philosophical theories of group cognition and
develops her own novel, integrative framework anchored in our
everyday practices of interpreting the actions of groups.
Tollefsen?s accessible work has implications for ethics and the
law, for psychology and for social theory, effectively bringing
philosophy to life.?
John Sutton, Macquarie University
?Deborah Tollefsen is well versed in the contemporary
philosophical debates about, to put it broadly, the mentality of
groups. This book is a thoughtful and clearly written introduction
to these debates. Tollefsen also offers her own perspective, one
which engages with the notion of mentality itself.?
Margaret Gilbert, University of California, Irvine
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.12.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Key Concepts in Philosophy |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Schlagworte | Einführungen in die Philosophie • Epistemology • Erkenntnistheorie • Introductions to Philosophy • Philosophie • Philosophy • Psychologie • Psychologie von Gruppen • Psychology • Psychology of Groups |
ISBN-10 | 0-7456-9658-9 / 0745696589 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7456-9658-4 / 9780745696584 |
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