Research Project:
Collective Guilt and Shame

cris.legacyIdpj00166en_US
cris.sourceIdINTERNAL-SUBMISSION::f6b6780a-0349-444a-8e78-e3aac83fcc93en_US
cris.sourceIdMIGRATION::pj00166
crispj.investigatorMatheson, Benjamin Daviden_US
crispj.investigator.affiliationInstitute of Philosophyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-12T16:24:48Z
dc.date.available2024-07-01T10:37:24Z
dc.description.abstractViolent wrongs litter the history of humanity: enslavements, massacres, genocides, wars of aggression, systematic famines. In recent history, many European countries engaged in colonial campaigns that directly or indirectly led to the enslavement and death of millions. It is uncontroversial that most people currently living are not culpable for these historical wrongs. However, there is sizable body of empirical research that claims that many people feel guilt or shame because of the wrongs of their ancestors, their contemporaries, and other members of their respective collectives (ethnic groups, religious groups, etc). Some of these instances of guilt and shame are explained because of the direct or indirect involvement of the person in a particular wrong. For example, a citizen may feel guilt for voting in a tyrant who goes on to commit genocide. However, in many cases, those who feel guilt or shame were completely uninvolved in these wrongs, for they were born after they occurred. The CoGS project aims to provide a comprehensive philosophical theory of the nature and ethics of uninvolved collective guilt and shame.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipInstitute of Philosophy
dc.description.sponsorshipState Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
dc.identifier.urihttps://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/31164
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.fundingMB22.00083
dc.subjectDewey Decimal Classification::100 - Philosophy::170 - Ethicsen_US
dc.subjectDewey Decimal Classification::100 - Philosophy::110 - Metaphysicsen_US
dc.subjectDewey Decimal Classification::100 - Philosophyen_US
dc.titleCollective Guilt and Shameen_US
dspace.entity.typeProject
oairecerif.project.endDate2028-06-30en_US
oairecerif.project.startDate2023-07-01en_US
unibe.contractorouState Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovationen_US
unibe.isfundedtrueen_US
unibe.project.duration01-07-2023 - 30-06-2028en_US
unibe.project.primarycontactMatheson, Benjamin Daviden_US
unibe.projectprimarycontact.affiliationInstitute of Philosophyen_US

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