TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smiley,Marion
TI  - Moral responsibility and the boundaries of community: power and accountability from a pragmatic point of view 
SN  - 9780226763255 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BJ1451 .S65 1992eb
U1  - 170 22
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Responsibility
KW  - Blame
KW  - Pragmatism
KW  - Responsabilité
KW  - Blâme
KW  - Pragmatisme
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Social
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Ethics & Moral Philosophy
KW  - Verantwoordelijkheid
KW  - gtt
KW  - Responsabilidade profissional
KW  - larpcal
KW  - Pragmatica
KW  - Ethics
KW  - ეთიკა
KW  - მორალური ფილოსოფია
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-284) and index; Preface; 1. Introduction; Part One; 2. Communal Blame and the Classical Worldview; 3. Transcendental Authority and the Damnation of Christian Sinners; 4. Internalized Transcendence and the Modern Moral Conscience; Part Two; 5. Moral Responsibility and the Prevention of Harm; 6. Social Expectations, Role Playing, and the Primacy of Moral Agency; 7. Moral Agency and the Distribution of Organizational Blame; Part Three; 8. Actions, Consequences, and the Boundaries of Community; 9. Private Bame and Public Accountability; 10. Conclusion: Morality and Power; Bibiliography; Index
N2  - The question of responsibility plays a critical role not only in our attempts to resolve social and political problems, but in our very conceptions of what those problems are. Who, for example, is to blame for apartheid in South Africa? Is the South African government responsible? What about multinational corporations that do business there? Will uncovering the "true facts of the matter" lead us to the right answer? In an argument both compelling and provocative, Marion Smiley demonstrates how attributions of blame--far from being based on an objective process of factual discovery--are
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