Recognizing Collectives as Moral Agents
Until recently, discussions on moral agency focused almost exclusively on the individual moral subject. Recognizing that social structures and cultures influence human subjects but do not have agency, this article argues that we must now recognize the moral agency of organized collectives. Invoking...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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2024
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Theological studies
Année: 2024, Volume: 85, Numéro: 1, Pages: 96-123 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Critical Realism
B community organizations B collectives B base ecclesial communities B Social structures B Intersectionality B Virtue Ethics B Racism B Moral Agency B Moral Luck B Palabres |
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Résumé: | Until recently, discussions on moral agency focused almost exclusively on the individual moral subject. Recognizing that social structures and cultures influence human subjects but do not have agency, this article argues that we must now recognize the moral agency of organized collectives. Invoking the work of philosophers and other theologians who already do, this article turns to theological ethicists writing on community organizing, racism, and social virtues, and, finally, to feminists engaging moral luck and intersectionality to illustrate the importance of collective moral agency. It concludes by describing qualifications for estimating the ethical agency of such collectives. |
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ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00405639231224032 |