PHIL 118 Lecture 16: Leverage Based Responsibility

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28 Jun 2018

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Three aspects:

1. Companies impact and leverage on rights and other

2. Positive vs negative responsibility

a. Positive - do active good

b. Negative - do no harm

2. Maximization of support of human rights without losing profit

Impact based: focused on consequences of actions

Limitations to impact based:

oDifficulty in calculating consequences > possible side effect

oQuestion of responsibility in preexisting situations

oProblem of individual control

oQuestion of responsibility for institutions

Leverage based: focused on influence to those around

Focuses on developing relationships

More power/resource in greater group

Greater possibility for control

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