Wrongdoer-Centered Reasons for Blame.
I argue that we have reasons to blame wrongdoers for their own sake. Then, I offer an account of the nature of these reasons. One of blame's key functions, I suggest, is to express concern for wrongdoers' quality of will—a form of concern I call contribution recognition. We can disrespect people by...
| Publicado en: | Ethics Vol. 135; no. 3; pp. 489 - 519 |
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University of Chicago Press
Apr2025
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