ABSTRACT
In the proposed philosophy of ethical organising, collective action conforms to normatively desirable characteristics, derived from the social architecture of meaningfulness and mutuality, when the ends and means of joint activities promote human emancipation and ecological repair. Chapter 4 argues that such normatively desirable collective action depends upon life value organisations being created by their members as collective moral agents. Such organisations are worthy of the contributions of their members, when the value of meaningfulness is incorporated in collective practical reasoning, applying the objective/ethical-moral and subjective/cognitive-emotional dimensions of meaningfulness into their purposes and activities. Collective moral agency is developed by organisations becoming sensitised to values through establishing processes of empathetic thinking and feeling that augment the moral emotions of their members and establishing integrity as the organisation’s independent moral presence in society. To the extent they are able to do so, the organisation is worthy of the interactions and contributions of its members. Purposing as a social process incorporating multiple participants is discussed using the concept of agonistic republicanism that admits constructive conflict and responsible difference-making into collective deliberations.
