The Moral Foundations of Social Institutions: A Philosophical Study

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
1. Overview......Page 13
2. Theorizing about Institutions......Page 24
3. A Teleological Account: Relational Individualism......Page 30
4. Generic Properties of Social Institutions......Page 34
5. Atomistic, Holistic, and Molecularist Accounts of Institutions......Page 39
Part A Theory......Page 47
1. Joint Action......Page 49
2. The Collective End Theory of Joint Action......Page 53
3. Conventions, Rules, and Norms......Page 58
4. Organizations......Page 59
5. Joint Institutional Mechanisms......Page 62
6. Acting qua Member of a Group/qua Occupant of an Institutional Role......Page 64
7. Conclusion......Page 66
1. The Varieties of Social Institution......Page 68
Institutional Moral Rights......Page 77
Needs-Based Rights......Page 78
Joint Moral Rights......Page 80
Aggregated Moral Rights and Collective Goods......Page 82
3. Collective Moral Responsibility and Institutional Duties......Page 89
4. Justice......Page 93
5. Conclusion......Page 102
1. Institutional Structure and Individual Agency......Page 103
2. Institutions and Individual Autonomy......Page 109
Hierarchies of Power......Page 118
Hierarchies of Status......Page 120
4. The Threat of the Past......Page 123
5. Conclusion......Page 130
4 Collective Moral Responsibility......Page 132
1. Collective Moral Responsibility......Page 133
2. Making a Difference......Page 136
3. Collective Responsibility in Organized Groups......Page 141
4. Joint Institutional Mechanisms and Collective Responsibility......Page 143
5. Collective Responsibility for Omissions......Page 145
6. Against the Collectivist Conception of Moral Responsibility......Page 151
Example 1: Kidnapping and the Prime Minister......Page 154
Example 2: The Prison Board......Page 159
Example 3: The Tenure Committee......Page 161
7. Conclusion......Page 165
1. Varieties of Institutional Corruption......Page 166
First Hypothesis: The Personal Character of Corruption......Page 171
Second Hypothesis: The Causal Character of Corruption......Page 174
Third Hypothesis: The Moral Responsibility of Corruptors......Page 176
Fourth Hypothesis: The Asymmetry between Corruptors and Those Corrupted......Page 178
Fifth Hypothesis: Institutional Corruption Involves Institutional Actors Who Corrupt or Are Corrupted......Page 181
3. The Concept of Institutional Corruption......Page 182
4. Conclusion......Page 187
Part B APPLICATIONS......Page 189
1. Defining the Professions......Page 191
Professional Role Morality: Special Rights and Duties......Page 195
Professional Autonomy......Page 198
2. Integrity Systems......Page 200
Reactive Integrity Systems......Page 205
Preventive Integrity System......Page 206
4. Holistic Integrity Systems......Page 207
5. Professional Reputation......Page 208
6. Conclusion......Page 211
7 Welfare Institutions......Page 213
1. Collective Responsibility, Institutional Design, and the Duty to Aid......Page 214
2. International Welfare Institutions......Page 221
3. Redesigning Global Institutional Arrangements to Ameliorate Global Poverty......Page 232
4. Conclusion......Page 236
1. The Hybridization and Transmogrification of the University......Page 237
2. Collective Ends of the University: Freedom of Inquiry and Knowledge as an End-in-Itself......Page 242
3. Academic Autonomy......Page 251
4. Conclusion......Page 256
1. The Collective End of Policing: Protection of Moral Rights......Page 257
2. Moral Rights and Social Norms......Page 265
3. Moral Rights and the Institution of the Police......Page 272
4. Moral Rights in Policing: Means and Ends......Page 277
5. The Institutionalization of Torture......Page 281
6. Conclusion......Page 288
1. Business Organizations Operating in Competitive Markets......Page 289
2. The Print and Electronic Media as Social Institutions......Page 293
3. Collective Ends of the Media as a Social Institution......Page 297
Media as Public Forum......Page 298
Media as Investigator......Page 299
Media as Autonomous Communicator......Page 300
4. Financial Services Sector......Page 302
5. Institutional Integrity in the Financial Services Sector......Page 304
6. Conclusion......Page 310
11 Institutions and Information and Communication Technology......Page 312
1. Joint Action and ICT......Page 313
2. Communication, Information, and Joint Action......Page 315
3. Communication, Storage, and Retrieval of Information by Means of ICT......Page 319
4. Collective Responsibility for the Communication, Storage, and Retrieval of Information......Page 324
5. Collective Responsibility for the Communication, Storage, and Retrieval of Information by Means of ICT......Page 329
6. Conclusion......Page 332
1. Government as a Meta-Institution......Page 333
2. Social Norms and Laws......Page 342
3. Terrorism, States of Emergency, and Governmental Abuse of Power......Page 352
4. Conclusion......Page 357
Bibliography......Page 359
Index......Page 369