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Dual Immunization Against RSV With RSVpreF and Nirsevimab.

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Group Agency [PDF]

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This is an encyclopedia entry written for the Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. It provides an overview of the concept of and literature surrounding "group agency" from the perspective of analytic philosophy.
Shussett, Daniel
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Group Agency and Overdetermination

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 2012
A morally objectionable outcome can be overdetermined by the actions of multiple individual agents. In such cases, the outcome is the same regardless of what any individual does or does not do. (For a clear example of such a case, imagine the execution of an innocent person by a firing squad.) We argue that, in some of these types of cases, (a) there ...
David Killoren, Bekka Williams
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Group Rights and Group Agency

Journal of Moral Philosophy, 2012
On some theories of rights, such as the Choice theory, only agents can have moral rights. The realm of right-holders thus excludes several potential candidates, among which are young children, mentally incapacitated persons, and groups since these are thought to lack the required degree of agency. This paper argues that groups can be right-holders. The
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LIST AND PETTIT ON GROUP AGENCY AND GROUP RESPONSIBILITY

University of Toronto Law Journal, 2014
Criminal liability for corporations may seem quixotic insofar as corporations appear neither to have the same cognitive capacities as individuals, nor to be capable of acting except through the efforts of the individuals who constitute them. One way of clarifying the basis of corporate criminal liability is to consider whether and how corporations ...
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The Problem of Group Agency

The Philosophical Forum, 2000
L'A. s'interroge sur la nature possible des groupes sociaux et conclut a l'impossibilite d'une action morale de ceux-ci en tant qu'agents. Examinant le statut des corporations comme personnes morales en reference aux travaux de P. A. French, l'A. montre que la reconnaisance de structures decisionnelles ne suffit pas a attribuer une decision morale au ...
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