Being and holding responsible: Reconciling the disputants through a meaning-based Strawsonian account

Mesel, Benjamin De

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“…On Strawson's method in 'Freedom and Resentment', see Heyndels (2019). I have argued in a series of papers that 'Freedom and Resentment' is deeply Wittgensteinian; see De Mesel (2018Mesel ( , 2021aMesel ( , 2021b. For another Wittgensteinian reading of 'Freedom and Resentment', see Bengtson (2019).…”

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Ordinary Language Philosophy as an Extension of Ideal Language Philosophy. Comparing the Methods of the Later Wittgenstein and P.F. Strawson

Mesel

2021

Philosophical Investigations

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The idea that thought and language can be clarified through logical methods seems problematic because, while thought and language are not always exact, logic (by its very nature) must be. According to Kuusela, ideal (ILP, represented by Frege and Russell) and ordinary language philosophy (OLP, represented by Strawson) offer opposed solutions to this problem, and Wittgenstein combines the advantages of both. I argue that, given Kuusela's characterisation of OLP, Strawson was not an OLP'er. I suggest that, instead of seeing ILP and OLP as opposed to one another, it is better to regard OLP as an extension of ILP.

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Ordinary Language Philosophy as an Extension of Ideal Language Philosophy. Comparing the Methods of the Later Wittgenstein and P.F. Strawson

Mesel

2021

Philosophical Investigations

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Excuses, Exemptions, and the Challenges to Social Naturalism

Heyndels

2022

International Journal of Philosophical Studies

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Pamela Hieronymi has authored a very insightful book that focuses on one of the most influential articles in 20 th century philosophy: P.F. Strawson's 'Freedom and Resentment' (1962). Hieronymi's principal objective in Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals is to reconstruct and evaluate the central argumentative strategy in Strawson's essay. The author's aim is 'to show that it can withstand the objections that are both the most obvious and the most serious, leaving it a worthy contender' (3). In the present commentary, I summarize the main results of Hieronymi's analysis. I engage with the book's main themes, noting in due course certain unclarities and some shortcomings, while emphasizing the many valuable insights it offers. 1 1 References to Hieronymi's book, including its reprint of Strawson's 'Freedom and Resentment', will simply be by page number.

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Strawson’s Account of Morality and its Implications for Central Themes in ‘Freedom and Resentment’

Mesel

Cuypers

2023

The Philosophical Quarterly

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We argue that P. F. Strawson's hugely influential account of moral responsibility in ‘Freedom and Resentment’ (FR) is inextricably bound up with his barely known account of morality in ‘Social Morality and Individual Ideal’ (SMII). Reading FR through the lens of SMII has at least three far-reaching implications. First, the ethics–morality distinction in SMII gives content to Strawson's famous distinction between personal and moral reactive attitudes, which has often been thought to be a merely formal distinction. Second, the ethics–morality distinction sheds light on the scope of moral responsibility in FR, which is narrower than commentators think. Third, Strawson's discussion of morality shows that he was not insensitive to issues of power, as several critics have claimed. The link between morality and power helps to make clear that Strawson allows for criticism of our moral responsibility practices.

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Being and holding responsible: Reconciling the disputants through a meaning-based Strawsonian account

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

Ordinary Language Philosophy as an Extension of Ideal Language Philosophy. Comparing the Methods of the Later Wittgenstein and P.F. Strawson

Ordinary Language Philosophy as an Extension of Ideal Language Philosophy. Comparing the Methods of the Later Wittgenstein and P.F. Strawson

Excuses, Exemptions, and the Challenges to Social Naturalism

Strawson’s Account of Morality and its Implications for Central Themes in ‘Freedom and Resentment’

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