What is it like to be a group agent?

List, Christian ORCID: 0000-0003-1627-800X (2018) What is it like to be a group agent? Noûs, 52 (2). pp. 295-319. ISSN 0029-4624

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Abstract

The existence of group agents is relatively widely accepted. Examples are corporations, courts, NGOs, and even entire states. But should we also accept that there is such a thing as group consciousness? I give an overview of some of the key issues in this debate and sketch a tentative argument for the view that group agents lack phenomenal consciousness (pace Schwitzgebel 2015). In developing my argument, I draw on integrated information theory, a much-discussed theory of consciousness. I conclude by pointing out an implication of my argument for the normative status of group agents.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS...
Additional Information:	© 2016 Wiley Periodicals
Divisions:	Government Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method CPNSS
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2016 15:21
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2025 20:00
Funders:	Leverhulme Trust
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/66817

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