Download or read book Sharing Responsibility written by Larry May and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are individuals responsible for the consequences of actions taken by their community? What about their community's inaction or its attitudes? In this innovative book, Larry May departs from the traditional Western view that moral responsibility is limited to the consequences of overt individual action. Drawing on the insights of Arendt, Jaspers, and Sartre, he argues that even when individuals are not direct participants, they share responsibility for various harms perpetrated by their communities.