KJCKorea
Journal Central

@article{ART002285418},
author={Kwangsu Mok},
title={Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2017},
number={25},
pages={33-59},
doi={10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kwangsu Mok
TI - Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2017
VL - null
IS - 25
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 33
EP - 59
SN - 1975-1621
AB - In a global era, ethical issues such as extreme poverty and global warming become more serious and their influence tends to persist in future generations. Due to these reasons, ethical responses to these issues are urgently and practically required. One of ethical responses is suggested in the framework of responsibility, which is traditionally considered highly feasible. However, traditional theories of responsibility seem to be difficult to respond to these global issues. This is because they struggle to identify the causality of global issues in the complex context of globalization. The purpose of this paper is to search for a theory of responsibility, which is theoretically appropriate in a global era and feasible to respond to global urgent issues in practice. For this purpose, this paper critically examines the discussions of Thomas Pogge and Iris Young, which are representatively considered as global theories of responsibility. I argue that their theories of responsibility are meaningful in that they try to deal with the features of globalization such as complexity, but they do not take the features seriously because they do not explicate the nature of responsibility sufficiently and do not suggest a resonable criterion for the assignment of responsibility. I argue that if distributed moral responsibility, which Luciano Floridi suggests for the ethics of information, is re-interpreted in the context of globalization, it could be an appropriate theory of responsibility in a global era. This is because distributed moral responsibility is effective to explain the sources of responsibility in the complex context of globalization and to assign reasonability proportionally according to their degree of relevance.
KW - Globalization;Institutional Responsibility;Connection Theory of Responsibility;Social Connection Model of Responsibility;Distributed Moral Responsibility
DO - 10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002
ER -

Kwangsu Mok. (2017). Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 25, 33-59.

Kwangsu Mok. 2017, "Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.25, pp.33-59. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002

Kwangsu Mok "Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 25 pp.33-59 (2017) : 33.

Kwangsu Mok. Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-. 2017; 25 : 33-59. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002

Kwangsu Mok. "Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.25(2017) : 33-59.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002

Kwangsu Mok. Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 25, 33-59. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002

Kwangsu Mok. Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2017; 25 33-59. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002

Kwangsu Mok. Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-. 2017; 25 : 33-59. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002

Kwangsu Mok. "Searching for a Theory of Responsibility in a Global Era -Beyond Thomas Pogge and Iris Young-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.25(2017) : 33-59.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2017..25.002