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    P.F. Strawson's reactive attitudes account grounds moral ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Even the morally worst individuals must be regarded as ends in themselves and treated with respect.

    P.F. Strawson's reactive attitudes account grounds moral responsibility in natural participant stances of resentment, indignation, and moral anger toward wrongdoers.

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    • 1.Moral responsibility practices are deeply embedded in human nature; reactive attitudes reflect our actual engagement with accountability.
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    • 2.Grounding responsibility in natural attitudes avoids artificial metaphysical commitments while explaining why we hold people accountable.
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    • 3.Reactive attitudes like resentment serve essential social functions in regulating behavior and maintaining cooperative relationships.
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    • 1.Natural attitudes can be epistemically unreliable; widespread resentment doesn't establish actual moral responsibility or desert.
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    • 2.Grounding responsibility in emotions leaves it hostage to psychological variations, cultural differences, and individual temperament differences.
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    • 3.Some wrongdoers deserve accountability despite our inability to feel appropriate reactive attitudes toward them due to psychological distance.
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