Joint Moral Duties

• DOI: 10.1111/misp.12016
• Publication Date: 2014-09-23T06:05:42Z
• Authors: Anne Schwenkenbecher
• Keywords: Analytic Philosophy

, Larry May paraphrases Edmund Burke, sayingthat “All that is necessary for evil to triumph in the world good people donothing” (May 1992, 105). And further down he notes: “Inaction leads seriousharm world,just as certainly intentional,active wrongdoing”(105–06).Heargues many problems cannot be solved by individuals can addressedby collective action.May right. There are countless situations and circumstances whichindividuals