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Omission and Attribution Error
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Attributionists believe that moral responsibility has mainly to do with how a person is, and with what can be attributed to her for the purposes of moral assessment. Critics of the view have tended to charge that it proposes a standard for blameworthiness that is too easily satisfied. This chapter defends Attributionism from an opposing criticism—one that notes that many agents who are judged blameworthy by common-sense morality do not fulfill the necessary conditions on blameworthiness that Attributionism proposes. In this context, the chapter pays particular attention to cases in which agents commit apparently blameworthy unwitting omissions. It argues that such agents are often not blameworthy and offers an explanation as to why common-sense morality delivers a contrary judgment.
Title: Omission and Attribution Error
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Attributionists believe that moral responsibility has mainly to do with how a person is, and with what can be attributed to her for the purposes of moral assessment.
Critics of the view have tended to charge that it proposes a standard for blameworthiness that is too easily satisfied.
This chapter defends Attributionism from an opposing criticism—one that notes that many agents who are judged blameworthy by common-sense morality do not fulfill the necessary conditions on blameworthiness that Attributionism proposes.
In this context, the chapter pays particular attention to cases in which agents commit apparently blameworthy unwitting omissions.
It argues that such agents are often not blameworthy and offers an explanation as to why common-sense morality delivers a contrary judgment.
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