Rethinking Responsibility

This volume examines the concept of responsibility amidst current societal challenges that require its rethinking. Assigning responsibility to an agent proves problematic when technological or social structures have become too complex. Concepts of responsibility which retrospectively name a responsible party often fail due to this complexity, diffusing responsibility to a minimum that can no longer be perceived. The contributions explore the foundations of responsibility in order to engage constructively with contemporary issues. The first part approaches conceptual challenges through examples concerning artificial intelligence, while the second discusses the anthropological presuppositions of responsibility and connects them with the broader continental philosophical tradition. The third part deals with concepts of how intergenerational responsibility can be included both conceptually and legally. Cover Title Preface Table of Contents Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt, Ferdinando G. Menga and Christian Schlenker — Rethinking Responsibility. Introduction I. Advanced Technologies Amanda Lagerkvist — AI as Existential Media. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun (2021) Christian Schwarke — Künstliche Intelligenz und die Konstruktion von Verantwortung Christian Schlenker — Macht und künstliche Intelligenz. Dimensionen der Macht und der Begriff der Verantwortung II. Anthropology Tijana Petkovic — What Transformation Do We Believe in? Jure Zovko — Ethics of Responsibility for the Era of Globalisation? Ingolf U. Dalferth — Endlichkeit und Verantwortung. Menschsein im Zeitalter der Technologie III. Intergenerational Responsibility Rachel Muers — Future Generations as Horizon of Responsible Action in the Climate Crisis Lisa Guenther — Intergenerational Responsibility for Settler Colonial Violence Ferdinando G. Menga — Taking Care of Those Who Cannot Claim Rights. Intergenerational Responsibility as a Challenge in a Post-Pandemic Era Hans Lindahl — Place-Holding the Future. Legal Ordering and Intergenerational Justice for More-Than-Human Collectives Friedhelm Meier — Standpunktbezogene Zukunftsverantwortung. Zukunftsethik jenseits von neutraler Technikfolgenabschätzung und akademisch-konzeptionellen Metadiskursen List of Contributors Index of Names Index of Subjects