Empathetic Blame: Moral Evaluation in the Face of Luck

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dc.contributor.advisorSher, Georgeen_US
dc.creatorTugendstein, Gabrielen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-14T20:29:02Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-05-14T20:29:02Zen_US
dc.date.issued2020-05en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I offer a new interpretation of blame and criticism rooted in P.F. Strawson's distinction between the subjective and objective points of view. In Part I, I use the problems presented by circumstantial moral luck to expose the inadequacy of standard intuitions about what's required to blame another. Proposed solutions to these issues, I argue, fall into the trap of viewing blame as the outgrowth of a metaphysical status instead of an action that cannot be detached from interpersonal relationships. In Part II I generate a novel interpretation based on the projects of Hume, Strawson, and Scanlon, which posits blame as an attitude forming out of self-reflection and empathy, and criticism as a belief forming out of comparison to a rigid standard. I then elaborate on the phenomenology of such a blame act and go over the consequences my interpretation would have, including a world with substantially less blaming that would eschew vague metaphysical questions and recognize the limitations of imposing moral standards on those who have faced different circumstances.en_US
dc.format.extent92 ppen_US
dc.identifier.citationTugendstein, Gabriel. "Empathetic Blame: Moral Evaluation in the Face of Luck." Undergraduate thesis, Rice University, 2020. https://doi.org/10.25611/3hyg-sz31.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/3hyg-sz31en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/108708en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by author.en_US
dc.rights.uriCreative Commons License- Attribution (CC BY), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/en_US
dc.subjectMoral Lucken_US
dc.subjectBlameen_US
dc.subjectCriticismen_US
dc.subjectControl Principleen_US
dc.subjectDavid Humeen_US
dc.subjectP.F. Strawsonen_US
dc.subjectT.M. Scanlonen_US
dc.subjectSusan Wolfen_US
dc.subjectStanding to Blameen_US
dc.titleEmpathetic Blame: Moral Evaluation in the Face of Lucken_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhilosophyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelUndergraduateen_US
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