Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: Social Existentialism
2: Shared Attitudes
3: Omissions and Responsibility in Groups
4: Communities and Shared Values
Pt. 1: Attitudes, Agency, and Responsibility
1: Existentialism, Self, and Voluntariness
1: Responsibility and Agency
2: Existentialism and the Self
3: An Underground Movement in Ethics
4: Voluntariness and Involuntariness
2: Shared Responsibility and Racist Attitudes
1: The Concept of Shared Responsibility
2: Joint Ventures and Conspiracies
3: Omissions and Risks
4: Racist Attitudes and Risks
5: Agency and Attitudes
3: Insensitivity and Moral Responsibility
1: The Concept of Sensitivity
2: Sense and Sensitivity
3: Insensitivity and Culpable Ignorance
4: The Influence of Stereotypes
5: Habits and One's Future Self
Pt. 2: Omission, Inaction, and Groups
4: Groups and Personal Value Transformation
1: Personal and Group Values
2: Risking Harm and Institutional Desensitization
3: Responsibility and Omission in Groups
5: Negligence and Professional Responsibility
1: Negligence and Due Care
2: Integrity and Omissions
3: Personal Guilt and Negligence
4: Moral Integrity and Professional Negligence
6: Collective Inaction and Responsibility
1: Collection Action and Collective Inaction
2: Collective Responsibility and Putative Groups
3: Sharing Responsibility for Collective Inaction
4: Practical and Ontological Objections
5: Tragedy and Inactivity
Pt. 3: Communities, Roles, and Responsibilities
7: Philosophers and Political Responsibility
1: The Philosopher as Gadfly
2: The Philosopher as Seeker of Wisdom
3: The Special Responsibilities of Philosophers
4: The Responsibilities of Philosophers as a Group
8: Metaphysical Guilt and Moral Taint
1: The Concept of Metaphysical Guilt
2: Guilt and Community Membership
3: The Case of South African Divestment
4: Expanding the Domain of Moral Responsibility
9: Role Conflicts, Community, and Shared Agency
1: Roles and Conscientiousness
2: Conflicts of Responsibility
3: Shared Agency and the Problem of Difference
4: Communitarianism and Discriminatory Traditions
Notes
Index