Christian List
Group Agency
- ISBN 13:
- 9780199679676
- author:
- Christian List
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, Usa
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 238
- Dimensions:
- 23.11 x 15.49 x 1.52 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Political,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Christian List and Philip Pettit explore a fundamental question in philosophy: are companies, churches, and states genuine agents, or just collections of individual agents that create a misleading impression of unity?
The answer to this question has significant implications for how we explain the behaviour of these entities and whether we should hold them responsible and accountable like individuals. Group Agency offers a new approach to this question, relevant to fields such as philosophy, law, politics, and social sciences.
Building on cutting-edge work in social choice theory, economics, and philosophy, List and Pettit argue that there really are group or corporate agents beyond individual agents, and that our understanding of social science, law, morality, and politics must take this into account. Their approach is straightforward yet grounded in the latest research.
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