Responsibility and desert /

Michael McKenna defends a theory of moral responsibility that explains the relationship between a wrongdoer and those who blame or punish on analogy with a conversation between speakers of a shared language. In central cases, blame functions like a conversational reply to another whose act bears a m...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
McKenna, Michael
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Michael McKenna defends a theory of moral responsibility that explains the relationship between a wrongdoer and those who blame or punish on analogy with a conversation between speakers of a shared language. In central cases, blame functions like a conversational reply to another whose act bears a meaning revealing the morally objectionable quality of her will. But such blaming responses can be harmful. McKenna defends the thesis that they can nevertheless be justified in terms of desert, and he resists several criticisms of desert-based justifications for blame and punishment.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 320 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780197679999
0197679994
9780197679975
0197679978
Schlagworte:
Responsibility.
Blame.
Punishment.
Society.
Ethics & moral philosophy.
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