Collective Wrongdoing: Moral and Legal Responses
An International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 167-87, 2002
Posted: 14 Dec 2007
Abstract
This is a review essay of Christopher Kutz's Complicity: Ethics and Law for a Collective Age, and Jonathan Bass's Stay The Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals. Topics addressed include the nature of collective intentions and actions, the possibility of collective guilt, the moral responsibility of individuals in the context of collective actions.
Keywords: Collectivism, Ethics, Legal, Politics, War Crime, Wrongdoing, Kutz
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Gilbert, Margaret P., Collective Wrongdoing: Moral and Legal Responses. An International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 167-87, 2002, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1071255
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