Sharing Responsibility (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226511696)

Are 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.


Author: Larry May
ISBN-10: 0226511693
ISBN-13: 9780226511696
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1996
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.34w x 0.80d