Dissolving Reactive Attitudes

In `Freedom and Resentment,' Strawson argues that we cannot separate holding people morally responsible for their actions from specific emotional responses, which he calls reactive attitudes, which we are disposed towards in response to people's actions. Strawson's view might pose problems for forgiveness, in which we choose to overcome reactive attitudes like resentment without altering the judgments that make them appropriate. I present a detailed analysis of reactive attitudes, which I use both to defend Strawson's account of the connection between these states and responsibility, and to show how we can fit forgiveness into this account

Epistemology · Forgiveness · Political science · Resentment · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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