Blame mitigation: A less tidy take and its philosophical implications

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Why do we find agents less blameworthy when they face mitigating circumstances, and what does this show about philosophical theories of moral responsibility? We present novel evidence that the tendency to mitigate blameworthiness is driven both by perception are normatively competent – in particular, able know doing wrong their behavior attributable deep selves. Consequently, argue philosophers cannot rely on case strategy support Normative Competence theory responsibility over Deep Self theory. However, also outline ways which further empirical work would shift debate, showing there a significant departure between ordinary concepts corresponding concepts, or focusing different type coherence with judgments.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Psychology

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1465-394X', '0951-5089']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2021.2000594