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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
April 2022
Print publication year:
2022
Online ISBN:
9781108907071
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907071
Subjects:
Ethics, Philosophy
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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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'This is an innovative book that tackles first-order questions about what makes angry blame deserved as well as methodological questions about the concept of moral responsibility. McCormick doesn't shy away from the hard questions, and theorists of all stripes will learn from her framework, even when they disagree with it.'

Neal Tognazzini - Western Washington University

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