The Problem of Blame
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The Problem of Blame

Making Sense of Moral Anger

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The Problem of Blame

Making Sense of Moral Anger

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This book makes a case for the permissibility of reactive blame – the angry, harmful variety. Blame is a thorny philosophical problem, as it is notoriously difficult to specify the conditions under which an agent is deserving of blame, is deserving of blame in the basic sense, and furthermore why this is so. Kelly McCormick argues that sharpening the focus to reactive, angry blame can both show us how best to characterize the problem itself, and suggest a possible solution to it, because even reactive blame is both valuable and deserved in the basic sense. Finally, McCormick shows how, despite the many facets of the dark side of blame, adopting an explicitly victim-centered approach highlights a powerful argument from empathy for retaining reactive blame and its attendant attitudes and practices.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781108904742
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Part I The Permissibility of Blame
  10. Part II Prescriptive Preservationism and Eliminativism
  11. References
  12. Index