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Social Dimensions of Responsibility by Robin Zheng is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Social Dimensions of Responsibility about?
The editors of this excellent new volume bring together three strands of recent thinking on (1) social and interpersonal dimensions of Strawsonian responsibility practices, (2) relational autonomy and oppression, and (3) various injustices like bias and stereotyping, understood via feminist epistemology. While the second strand-long the domain of feminist philosophers-remains somewhat underemphasized, it is a sign of progress that the third has made such an impact on the first. Broadly speaking, the essays form three kinds (with much overlap and intermixing): they elaborate existing theories, adjudicate sides within current debates, or propose new theoretical directions. The essays by Michael McKenna, Marina Oshana, Manuel Vargas, and Maureen Sie are essential reading for anyone familiar with their work, as they offer critical observations on how these theories play out under oppressive non-ideal conditions. Catriona Mackenzie and Katrina Hutchison deftly use tools provided by McKenna, David Shoemaker, and Stephen Darwall to further explicate how our practices are distorted by injustice, demonstrating that we should, in addition to understanding responsibility as a matter of agenti
Who reads Social Dimensions of Responsibility?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Arts and Humanities.
- Author
- Robin Zheng
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)