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    Challenges→Domination does not require the active exercise of power against the dominated individual, though it may require the active exercise of power against someone relevantly similar to that individual.

    If no direct act of interference has occurred against individual A, the moral wrong—if any—belongs exclusively to those actually interfered with, not to relevantly similar bystanders.

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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires causal connection: those not directly acted upon lack the requisite causal link to bear responsibility.
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    • 2.Extending moral wrong to non-interfered parties risks diluting accountability and obscuring who actually caused the harm.
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    • 3.Individual A's non-interference distinguishes their moral position from those directly wronged, making identical moral status implausible.
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    • 1.Systemic wrongs often harm similarly-situated people differently; those spared may still suffer injustice from unjust structures affecting their group.
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    • 2.Moral status depends on facts about persons, not accident of treatment; relevantly similar bystanders may share the violation even if not directly targeted.
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    • 3.Some wrongs (discrimination, oppression) wrong entire categories by their nature, making direct targeting irrelevant to membership in wronged group.
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    Key Terms

    Moral wrong(as something that shouldn't be done regardless of laws)
    An action that is genuinely unethical or immoral, not just against the rules.
    bystanders(as used in ethics and moral responsibility)
    People who are present or aware of a situation but are not directly involved in causing it.
    direct act of interference(as used in ethics and moral responsibility)
    When someone actively does something to harm or restrict another person, rather than just letting something happen or failing to help.
    relevantly similar(The author's framing of the standard for comparing same-sex and opposite-sex unions in the marriage equality debate)
    Similar with respect to the specific values or functions under consideration, as opposed to identical in all respects

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