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"""In Moral Responsibility beyond Our Fingertips, Professor Schlossberger has extended and further applied his theory of responsibility as delineated in his landmark work Moral Responsibility and Persons. With diligence and precision, Schlossberger lays out a coherent and plausible theory for assessing moral responsibility before considering implications for leadership, attributionism, and the concept of collective responsibility. He makes a plausible case for his conclusions, which provide much-needed guidance at this time of short-sighted finger-pointing in American society. The highlight of Schlossberger's coverage of applied contexts is the Chapter 3 discussion of the moral responsibility of leaders. One would be hard pressed to refute his conclusions regarding former President Donald Trump and others. With the possible exception of Schlossberger's claims about responsibility through contributing to a culture, scholars are more likely to challenge his theoretical foundation than the implications stemming from that foundation. Even so, we need to consider seriously his basis for moral responsibility (including the role of moral appraiseability) and his corresponding view that 'the moral self is a continuing (unfolding and developing) worldview in operation.'"" ""The attributionist approach to moral responsibility is rapidly gaining in popularity and influence, and Eugene Schlossberger's Moral Responsibility beyond Our Fingertips will undoubtedly contribute to this trend--it is certainly the richest and most wide-ranging defense and development of attributionism available. Of particular value is the thorough and sophisticated attention that Schlossberger gives to applying attributionism to areas that other attributionists have left largely unexplored, chief among these being the topic of collective responsibility."""

In Moral Responsibility beyond Our Fingertips, Professor Schlossberger has extended and further applied his theory of responsibility as delineated in his landmark work Moral Responsibility and Persons. With diligence and precision, Schlossberger lays out a coherent and plausible theory for assessing moral responsibility before considering implications for leadership, attributionism, and the concept of collective responsibility. He makes a plausible case for his conclusions, which provide much-needed guidance at this time of short-sighted finger-pointing in American society. The highlight of Schlossberger's coverage of applied contexts is the Chapter 3 discussion of the moral responsibility of leaders. One would be hard pressed to refute his conclusions regarding former President Donald Trump and others. With the possible exception of Schlossberger's claims about responsibility through contributing to a culture, scholars are more likely to challenge his theoretical foundation than the implications stemming from that foundation. Even so, we need to consider seriously his basis for moral responsibility (including the role of moral appraiseability) and his corresponding view that 'the moral self is a continuing (unfolding and developing) worldview in operation.'--John Rowan, Louisiana State University of Alexandria The attributionist approach to moral responsibility is rapidly gaining in popularity and influence, and Eugene Schlossberger's Moral Responsibility beyond Our Fingertips will undoubtedly contribute to this trend--it is certainly the richest and most wide-ranging defense and development of attributionism available. Of particular value is the thorough and sophisticated attention that Schlossberger gives to applying attributionism to areas that other attributionists have left largely unexplored, chief among these being the topic of collective responsibility.--Matthew Talbert, West Virginia University

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Eugene Schlossberger is professor emeritus of philosophy at Purdue University Northwest.

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