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    A moral framework that systematically misidentifies victi... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The doctrine that victims of natural evil are morally responsible for their suffering is morally objectionable.

    A moral framework that systematically misidentifies victims as wrongdoers is self-undermining because it destroys the conceptual distinction between perpetrator and victim that grounds moral accountability itself.

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    Key Terms

    Conceptual distinction(Contrasted with real distinction)
    A distinction in which one thing is considered from different perspectives or aspects, without implying real compositeness.
    Moral accountability(as used in ethics)
    The expectation that someone can be held responsible for their actions and their effects on others.
    Perpetrator(as used in ethics and discussions of wrongdoing)
    A person who commits a harmful or illegal act.
    Self-undermining(in logic and argument)
    When an idea or rule contradicts itself or destroys the very thing it's trying to achieve.
    moral framework(in ethics)
    A system of principles and ideas that explains what is right and wrong and how we should live.

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