UID:
almahu_9949419202102882
Format:
1 online resource (77 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009219730 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements in ethics,
Content:
This Element examines the concept of moral responsibility as it is used in contemporary philosophical debates and explores the justifiability of the moral practices associated with it, including moral praise/blame, retributive punishment, and the reactive attitudes of resentment and indignation. After identifying and discussing several different varieties of responsibility-including causal responsibility, take-charge responsibility, role responsibility, liability responsibility, and the kinds of responsibility associated with attributability, answerability, and accountability-it distinguishes between basic and non-basic desert conceptions of moral responsibility and considers a number of skeptical arguments against each. It then outlines an alternative forward-looking account of moral responsibility grounded in non-desert-invoking desiderata such as protection, reconciliation, and moral formation. It concludes by addressing concerns about the practical implications of skepticism about desert-based moral responsibility and explains how optimistic skeptics can preserve most of what we care about when it comes to our interpersonal relationships, morality, and meaning in life.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Nov 2022).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781009219754
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009219730
