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Dissolving reactive attitudes: forgiving and understanding

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posted on 2023-06-08, 06:49 authored by Lucy Allais
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.

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  • Published

Journal

South African Journal of Philosophy

ISSN

0258-0136

Publisher

Philosophical Society of Southern Africa

Issue

3

Volume

27

Page range

179-201

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  • Philosophy Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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