Can a Random Collection of Individuals be Morally Responsible?

1970/07/23 by Virginia Held · 298 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Analytic philosophy #Contemporary philosophy #Epistemology #Philosophy #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.2307/2024108

published in The Journal of Philosophy 67(14), 471 (Philosophy Documentation Center)

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