Blame Its Nature and Norms

Name: Blame Its Nature and Norms
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ISBN: 9780199860845

ISBN-10: 019986084X

ISBN-13: 9780199860845

Edition: 2013

Authors: D. Justin Coates, Neal A. Tognazzini

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One mark of interpersonal relationships is a tendency to blame. But what precise evaluations and responses constitute blame? Is it most centrally a judgment, or is it an emotion, or something else? Does blame express a demand, or embody a protest, or does it simply mark an impaired relationship? What accounts for its force or sting, and how similar is it to punishment?The essays in this volume explore answers to these (and other) questions about the nature of blame, but they also explore the various norms that govern the propriety of blame. The traditional question is whether anyone ever deserves to be blamed, but the essays here provide a fresh perspective by focusing on blame from the…

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List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Contributors



The Contours of Blame




Moral Blame and Moral Protest




Wrongdoing and Relationships: The Problem of the Stranger




The Expressive Function of Blame




Interpreting Blame




Blame and Punishment




Directed Blame and Conversation




Taking Demands Out of Blame




Civilizing Blame




Free Will Skepticism, Blame, and Obligation




Valuing Blame




Rightness and Responsibility




What Is an Excuse?




The Standing to Blame: A Critique




Standing in Judgment



References


Index