Volume 27, Number 3
May 2024
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A Theory of Collective Virtue

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Volume 27, Number 3, May 2024, Pages 405–423
https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v27i3.2005
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Abstract

We introduce Imitationism, a new theory of collective virtue—that is, of virtues and vices held by collectives such as corporations and governments. This theory has the advantage of clearly explaining how collectives can have virtues in robustly nonreductive ways without appealing to group minds. We then use this theory to elucidate some examples of collective virtue and respond to some objections.
Copyright © 2024 Matthew Baddorf and Noah McKay
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