Civilian Participants in the Cultural Revolution: Being Vulnerable and Being Responsible

ISBN-13: 9781138588448 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 206 str.

Francis K. T. Mok

Opis

During the Cultural Revolution, a huge number of ordinary civilians were involved in inflicting pain and suffering on their comrades, colleagues, friends, neighbours, and even family members. Mok asks how we should asses the moral responsibility of these wrongdoers, if any, for the harm they did both voluntarily and involuntarily.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Preface 1. Chapter One: Introduction 2. Chapter Two: The Cultural Revolution and Its Aftermath 3. Chapter Three: The Complexity of Moral Responsibility: Multiple dimensions of responsibility ascription 4. Chapter Four: Moral Responsibility of the Sincere Participants in Cultural Revolution: examination of peculiar cultural context as an excusing factor 5. Chapter Five: Coercive Environment as an Excusing Factor in Responsibility Ascription: a critical assessment 6. Chapter Six: The Moral Responsibility of Bystanders in the Cultural Revolution: an examination of the morality of inaction 7. Chapter seven: Conclusion: The Relationship between Human Vulnerability and Moral Responsibility Bibliography Index

O autorze

Francis K. T.  Mok is Assistant Professor of  Ethics and Political Philosophy and teaches in the Department of Social Sciences at the Education University of Hong Kong.