To understand and address staggering global problems such as environmental \;degradation\, global poverty and the recent refugee crisis\, we must look beyond the role \;of individual agents. Moreover\, we need a deeper understanding of the ontological and \;normative status of the collective entities implicated in the creation\, amelioration\, and \;possible eradication of these harms before we can develop appropriate ethical \;frameworks and practical responses. The recent literature on collective action and \;collective intention has already made significant progress in developing conceptual \;frameworks for understanding groups such as corporations and goal-oriented \;collectives as collective agents that can be held morally responsible for their actions. It \;is time to consider further related questions and add depth and breadth to this debate.
\nThis workshop seeks to advance the current moral and political debate in collective \;action and responsibility in two ways: first\, by bringing in new theoretical\, disciplinary \;and interdisciplinary approaches and second\, by engaging with an expanded range of \;questions and practical applications.
\nOntology: We seek papers that examine broader questions in the ontology of collective \;entities. What is the ontological status of a collective entity? What grounds their moral \;obligations (if &ldquo\;grounding&rdquo\; is the appropriate framework)? Normatively\, what follows \;from the ontology?
\nEthics: We aim to move beyond the canonical approaches to include a plurality of \;frameworks and perspectives\, such as feminist\, virtue ethics\, Eastern\, and Continental.
\nApplication: We encourage submissions that test developed theoretical models against \;the complexities of real world situations. To date\, theoretical development has relied \;on scattered caricatures of application to help explain and demonstrate the theoretical \;commitments\, but there has been little sustained empirical work. The literature has \;already begun to move out into the practical field\, and we hope to engage with the \;scholars doing that work. We seek papers that address some of these real-world \;applications\, such as climate change\, humanitarian aid\, or the differential impact of \;global economic structures.
\nSubmission: Please submit a 500-1000 word abstract to Kendy Hess \;(khess@holycross.edu) by June 1\, 2016.
\nFinal papers of approximately 4000 words are \;due by August 15 in order to circulate to workshop participants in advance of the \;workshop. Authors will be given 15 minutes to give an overview of their papers \;followed by 35 minutes of discussion. We expect to accept twelve papers.
\nWe are in conversation with an academic press about publishing a collection of essays \;on this topic\, and will be using the workshop as an opportunity to solicit papers for the \;volume.
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