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    It is not the case that If resentment is normatively defective as a basis for holding others responsible, then a process of taking responsibility that is structurally responsive to such emotions inherits that defect.

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    • 1.Resentment can track genuine wrongdoing reliably; emotional bases for beliefs need not be epistemically defective if properly calibrated.
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    • 2.A process can be structurally responsive to emotions while filtering their defects through procedural safeguards and reflective oversight.
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    • 3.Inheriting a defect requires the defect to transmit causally; reflective responsibility-taking may break this causal chain independently.
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    • 1.Resentment is reactive emotion shaped by personal hurt rather than impartial moral principles, making it epistemically unreliable for justifying responsibility.
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    • 2.If a foundation is defective, structures built upon it inherit that defect unless actively corrected through independent justification.
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    • 3.Responsibility processes responsive to resentment lack the independent corrective mechanisms needed to override emotion-based distortions.
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