Collective Responsibility, Epistemic Action and Climate Change

Seumas Miller*

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    Abstract

    This article undertakes four tasks: (1) outline a theory of joint action, including multi-layered structures of joint action characteristic of organizational action; (2) utilize this theory to elaborate an account of joint epistemic action – joint action directed to the acquisition of knowledge, e.g. a team of scientists seeking to discover the cause of climate change; (3) outline an account of collective moral responsibility based on the theory of joint action (including the account of joint epistemic action); (4) apply the account of collective moral responsibility to the issue of human-induced, harmful, climate change with a view to illuminating both retrospective responsibility for causing the harm and also prospective responsibility for addressing the problem in terms of mitigation and/or adaptation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLibrary of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
    PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
    Pages219-245
    Number of pages27
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

    Publication series

    NameLibrary of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
    Volume27
    ISSN (Print)1387-6678
    ISSN (Electronic)2215-0323

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