In Hopes of "Getting Our Act Together"
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Title
Social Philosophy Today
Publication Date
2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5840/socphiltoday2023396
Abstract
Anne Schwenkenbecher's book, Getting Our Act Together: A Theory of Collective Moral Obligations, provides us with tools that help us address what are clearly some of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change, a global public health crisis, and the absence of democratic legitimacy. She manages to move deftly between real-world examples and carefully-constructed thought experiments to explain her view of how collectives can be, and be held, morally responsible. The forward-looking view of responsibility, rather than the 1nore common backward-looking view, allows us to use the view to encourage individuals and collectives to aim for the best outcomes.
Recommended Citation
Shannon Fyfe, In Hopes of "Getting Our Act Together", 39 Soc. Phil. Today 203 (2023) (reviewing Anne Schwenkenbecher, Getting Our Act Together A Theory of Collective Moral Obligations (2021)).