Blameworthy Action and Character
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10345708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Sher (0000-0002-2309-2249, Rice University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 381-392 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8205 • E-ISSN: 1933-1592 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2002.tb00007.x |
| OpenAlex | W2022474506 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A number of philosophers from Hume on have claimed that it does not make sense to blame people for acting badly unless their bad acts were rooted in their characters. In this paper, I distinguish a stronger and a weaker version of this claim. The claim is false, I argue, if it is taken to mean that agents can only be blamed for bad acts when those acts are manifestations of character paws . However, what is both true and important is the weaker claim that an act is not blameworthy unless it is rooted in some enduring aspect or aspects of the agent's character that may or may not be flaws, and that, if flaws, may or may not be bad in the same way that the act itself is
Action (physics · Blame · Character (mathematics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Sociology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |