I’m inclined to agree that we need to be wary of how we operationalize accountability to groups.
But if it reduces the complexity of the moral logic, it should be simpler to express and abide by that logic. And yet, I see huge amounts of analysis for all the permutations of the individual case, and virtually none for the group one.
I am deeply and generally confused by this, not just in the context of the post. Why not reason about the group first, and then extend that reasoning as needed to deal with individual cases? This causes me to expect that the group case is much more difficult, like it has a floor of complexity or something.
I’m inclined to agree that we need to be wary of how we operationalize accountability to groups.
But if it reduces the complexity of the moral logic, it should be simpler to express and abide by that logic. And yet, I see huge amounts of analysis for all the permutations of the individual case, and virtually none for the group one.
I am deeply and generally confused by this, not just in the context of the post. Why not reason about the group first, and then extend that reasoning as needed to deal with individual cases? This causes me to expect that the group case is much more difficult, like it has a floor of complexity or something.