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The reality of social groups

Examining the ontological nature of social groups and the way in which groups should be regarded within moral deliberation, this book makes an original contribution to the field of social philosophy. Sheehy argues for an ontological realism about groups, defending the thesis that groups are composite material particulars, ontologically on a par with individuals and capable of figuring in their own right in descriptions and explanations.

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  • "Examining the ontological nature of social groups and the way in which groups should be regarded within moral deliberation, this book makes an original contribution to the field of social philosophy. Sheehy argues for an ontological realism about groups, defending the thesis that groups are composite material particulars, ontologically on a par with individuals and capable of figuring in their own right in descriptions and explanations."@en
  • "Paul Sheehy will endorse a holist or realist thesis about groups: interrelational holism. It holds groups to be material particulars which, alongside individual persons and artefacts, count as objects in the social world, figuring in our explanations and descriptions."
  • "Individual and group : identity, composition and reduction -- On plural subject theory -- Social groups, explanation, and ontological holism -- Objects of the social world -- The corporate soul -- The moral status of social groups -- The possibility of a group right -- The moral evaluation of groups -- Concluding remarks"

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