Agent-Regret, Accidents, and Respect

I explore how agent-regret and its object—faultlessly harming someone—can call for various responses. look at two sorts of Firstly, responses that respect the agent’s role as an agent. This revolves around a feature “it was just accident”—a common response to agent-regret—that has largely gone ignored in literature: it can downplay one’s argue we need take seriously fact those who have caused harms are genuine agents, ignore this fails allow these agents move on. Secondly, following Sussman MacKenzie, benefit victim. should strive understand configure way does not blame To do actions our self-understanding, people done particular things. end by briefly considering ways which tort law restorative justice might help us appropriately respond accidentally someone. urge starting point find better faultless harms.