ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we will look for precise criteria for group action and, especially, for the group’s responsibility of such action. We will focus on the following questions. a) When is an action attributable to a group as its action? b) Under what conditions do the actions by the members of the group generate action attributable to the group? c) What does it mean that a group bears responsibility for its action? The group action we are speaking about here is action that the group performed as an agent and that therefore binds the group members. When this group action is viewed from the perspective of the group members’ action which constituted it we can require that the latter action be we-mode action. By “we-mode” we, roughly, mean thinking and acting as a group member with collective commitment.
