Luck, Epigenetics and the Worth of Collective Agents

Serendipity, Luck and Collective Responsibility in Medical Innovation: The History of Vaccination

Martin Sand and Luca Chiapperino find in the concept of serendipity a versatile umbrella term to reassess their previous work on moral luck and collective responsibility. Moral luck supposedly occurs when someone receives praise or blame for things beyond control. Given the ubiquity of luck, this seems to be a seriously disquieting aspect of...