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collective responsibility  

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  • There are two related but nevertheless distinct types of problems typically referred to under the heading collective responsibility. One is the set of issues that arise when we try to hold a nation, corporation, association, or other collective morally responsible for the wrongdoing of one or more of its members. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Collective Responsibility]

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