Blame: Strangers and the Moral Relationship

Brown, Eric

doi:10.1093/analys/anw058

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2016

DOI: 10.1093/analys/anw058

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Blame: Strangers and the Moral Relationship

Eric Brown

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“…"(Darwall, 2006, p. 15).7 See also,Betzler (2009).8Scanlon (2008). 9 Accordingly, Scheffler holds that Scanlon's more mature conception of the moral relationship in Moral Dimension does not allay my doubts about the plausibility of construing moral reasons as relationship-dependent reasons in my sense(Scheffler, 2010, p. 124).10 See alsoBrown (2017) for an insightful discussion of this important distinction.11 For further helpful discussion of attitude-dependent versus attitude-independent relationships (seeKolodny, 2003, pp. 148-149).12 For an objection along similar lines, see alsoWallace (2011, p. 361).…”

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Moral friends? The idea of the moral relationship

Vandieken

2022

European J of Philosophy

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What role do human relationships play within the moral domain? There appears to be a lot of agreement that relationships play an important role in and for morality, but certainly not any foundational one. Yet, there has been a recent interest in seeking to explain the foundation of morality in relational terms. According to these relational proposals, the very foundation of impartial morality, and in particular the domain of “what we owe to each other” can be found in the same normative structures that are characteristic of interpersonal relationships and the partial reasons they give rise to. This suggestion has been met with serious criticism, according to which any seeming appeal to a so‐called moral relationship does no work in grounding morality and the obligations that we owe to each other. The present paper intends to challenge this conclusion by arguing that the objections rendered are not decisive, as a result of which we can begin to make sense of the idea that we do share a reason‐giving relationship with each other in the moral sphere. The moral relationship, the paper argues, is one we simply share with each other in virtue of our shared vulnerability to attitudinal injury as rational agents.

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Moral friends? The idea of the moral relationship

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2022

European J of Philosophy

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Foreigner as a priviledged moral agent

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2022

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In this paper I examine the moral experience of an agent who remains outside the network of close relationships. I analyze two rules of moral independence that might indicate that the agent is morally privileged in such situations. According to the first, an agent outside the relational network avoids the risks associated with identification with a social role. According to the second, the actions taken by the agent are characterized by a higher degree of selflessness and, therefore, have higher moral value. I argue that these rules can only have a prima facie nature and are constrained by many factors. I also show that the privileged position of the moral agent in the foreigner's situation is counterbalanced by difficulties in moral action in the areas of promises, blaming, shared responsibility and care giving.

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Blame: Strangers and the Moral Relationship

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Moral friends? The idea of the moral relationship

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