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Blameworthiness for Non-Culpable Attitudes.

Authors :
Schmidt, Sebastian
Source :
Australasian Journal of Philosophy; Mar2024, Vol. 102 Issue 1, p48-64, 17p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Many of our attitudes are non-culpable: there was nothing that we should have done to avoid holding them. I argue that we can still be blameworthy for non-culpable attitudes: they can impair our relationships in ways that make our full practice of apology and forgiveness intelligible. My argument poses a new challenge to indirect voluntarists, who attempt to reduce all responsibility for attitudes to responsibility for prior actions and omissions. Rationalists, who instead explain attitudinal responsibility by appeal to reasons-responsiveness, can make sense of blameworthiness for non-culpable attitudes. In response, voluntarists could propose a revision of our actual practices. This would lead us into a quite different debate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00048402
Volume :
102
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
176495376
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2022.2055093