ABSTRACT

This contribution to the volume offers a critical overview of those arguments in favor of the possibility of non-distributive collective responsibility which are based on the so-called discursive dilemma, a central problem of judgment aggregation. The first goal of the chapter is to show that there is actually a whole family of responsibility-collectivist arguments, which all take the discursive dilemma as their point of departure but reach the collectivist conclusion along different routes. The second goal of the chapter is to understand better why responsibility-individualists might reject these specific arguments.