Single Idea 23557

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility]

Full Idea

I think that identifying forms of moral resentment that fall short of blame but which are agent-directed is the key to achieving appropriate moral response across historical and cultural distance.

Gist of Idea

To judge agents in remote times and cultures we need a moral resentment weaker than blame

Source

Miranda Fricker (Epistemic Injustice [2007], 4.2)

Book Reference

Fricker,Miranda: 'Epistemic Injustice' [OUP 2007], p.107


A Reaction

Very good. Simple blame for horrible actions performed in remote rather horrible societies is pointless. But switching off moral sensibilities when reading history and anthropology looks like a slippery slope, so 'moral resentment' is nice.