Moral Responsibility and the Problem of Many Hands

Ibo van de Poel, Lambèr Royakkers, Sjoerd D. Zwart (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-83855-0 (ISBN)

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When many people are involved in an activity, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to pinpoint who is morally responsible for what, a phenomenon known as the ‘problem of many hands.’ This term is increasingly used to describe problems with attributing individual responsibility in collective settings in such diverse areas as public administration, corporate management, law and regulation, technological development and innovation, healthcare, and finance. This volume provides an in-depth philosophical analysis of this problem, examining the notion of moral responsibility and distinguishing between different normative meanings of responsibility, both backward-looking (accountability, blameworthiness, and liability) and forward-looking (obligation, virtue). Drawing on the relevant philosophical literature, the authors develop a coherent conceptualization of the problem of many hands, taking into account the relationship, and possible tension, between individual and collective responsibility. This systematic inquiry into the problem of many hands pertains to discussions about moral responsibility in a variety of applied settings.

Ibo van de Poel is Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor in Ethics and Technology at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Lambèr Royakkers is Associate Professor in Ethics and Technology in the School of Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Sjoerd D. Zwart is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Technology at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Introduction Ibo van de Poel and Lambèr Royakkers 1. Moral Responsibility Ibo van de Poel 2. The Problem of Many Hands Ibo van de Poel 3: A Formalisation of Moral Responsibility and the Problem of Many Hands Tiago de Lima and Lambèr Royakkers 4. Responsibility and the Problem of Many Hands in Networks Sjoerd D. Zwart 5. A Procedural Approach to Distributing Responsibility Neelke Doorn 6. Responsibility as a Virtue and the Problem of Many Hands Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist Conclusions: From Understanding to Avoiding the Problem of Many Hands Ibo van de Poel and Sjoerd D. Zwart

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.4.2015
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
Zusatzinfo	15 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
ISBN-10	1-138-83855-1 / 1138838551
ISBN-13	978-1-138-83855-0 / 9781138838550
Zustand	Neuware