Benefiting from Wrongdoing and Moral Protest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21701628 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sigurd Lindstad (University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 753-765 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1386-2820 • E-ISSN: 1572-8447 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10677-021-10194-4 |
| OpenAlex | W3163609215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
Some normative theorists believe that there is a principled moral reason not to retain benefits realized by injustice or wrongdoing. However, critics have argued that this idea is implausible. One purported problem is that the idea lacks an obvious rationale and that attempts to provide one have been unconvincing. This paper articulates and defends the idea that the principled reason in question has an expressive quality: it gets its reason-giving force from the symbolic aptness of such an act as an expressive response to wrongdoing. The paper thus argues that at least in a certain subset of cases, renouncing benefits realized by injustice amounts to a powerful and uniquely apt expression of protest against the disrespect for the victim that is implied by the wrongdoer’s actions. The paper shows how this idea can inform the question of reparations for slavery and its aftermath in the United States. Lastly it develops an important objection to the argument presented and gives an account of how this objection can be met
Epistemology · Injustice · Law and economics · Normative · Ontology · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Wrongdoing · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
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A Companion to Applied Philosophy
Power and Equality
Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy
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The Morality of Reparation
Benefiting from Injustice and Brute Luck
Give it up for climate change
What is the Wrong in Retaining Benefits from Wrongdoing? How Recent Attempts to Formulate a Plausible Rationale for the ‘Beneficiary Pays Principle’ Have Failed
Moral Dimensions
Benefiting from Injustice and the Common-Source Problem
Should the beneficiaries pay
Disgorging the Fruits of Historical Wrongdoing
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |