Moral responsibility and the boundaries of community : power and accountability from a pragmatic point of view / Marion Smiley.
1992
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Author
Title
Moral responsibility and the boundaries of community : power and accountability from a pragmatic point of view / Marion Smiley.
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1992]
Copyright
©1992
Call Number
BJ1451 .S65 1992
ISBN
0226763269 :
0226763277 (pbk.):
0226763277 (pbk.):
Description
x, 286 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)24703324
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1
Introduction
1
The Political Context of Moral Responsibility
1
Beyond Free Will and Determinism
14
Philosophical Pragmatism and Social Practice
21
2
Communal Blame and the Classical Worldview
33
Why We Cannot All Be Kantians
33
Aristotle on the Conditions of Voluntariness
37
The Responsibility of Children
50
Blameworthiness, Communal Standards, and the Primacy of Moral Luck
52
Volitional Excuses and the Criteria of Blameworthiness
56
3
Transcendental Authority and the Damnation of Christian Sinners
58
Transcendental Authority Threatened
58
From Communal Accountability to Moral Sin
63
Religious Ascription vs. Scientific Discovery
66
4
Internalized Transcendence and the Modern Moral Conscience
72
Moral Guilt and the Internalization of Social Blame
72
The Burdens of Free Will
82
Determinism, Moral Luck, and Insufficient Control
92
5
Moral Responsibility and the Prevention of Harm
105
Shared Starting Points
105
A Radical Extension of Moral Responsibility
106
Traditional Constraints and the Deflation of a Radical Theory
117
The Subjectification of Social Blame
121
6
Social Expectations, Role Playing, and the Primacy of Moral Agency
130
A Deontological View of Moral Agency
130
Moral Agency and Social Norms
133
Social Norms, Role Playing, and the Collapse of a Conservative Perspective
137
7
Moral Agency and the Distribution of Organizational Blame
149
Moral Blame and Democratic Accountability
149
Organizational Excuses
153
Moral Tasks and the Distribution of Power
157
8
Actions, Consequences, and the Boundaries of Community
167
Alternative Approaches
167
The Practice of Moral Responsibility
177
Causal Responsibility and Practical Control
179
Interests, Expectations, and Social Roles
185
Causal Responsibility and the Boundaries of Community
195
Shifting Boundaries
205
The Problem of Omissions
212
When Do We Become Killers?
219
9
Private Blame and Public Accountability
225
Moral Responsibility, Causation, and Blameworthiness
225
Volitional Excuses and the Question of Fairness
228
Do We Really Need to Talk about Free Will?
235
Social Blame and the Regulation of Communal Standards
238
Blaming, Interests, and the Maintenance of Power
245
From Public Accountability to Moral Blameworthiness and Back
249
10
Conclusion: Morality and Power
255
Bibliography
273
Index
285