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    It is not the case that Resentment is inherently a reactive attitude that focuses on the wrongdoer's offense, orienting the self toward the past harm rather than the other's welfare.

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    • 1.Resentment can motivate necessary boundary-setting and self-protective action, serving the resenter's present welfare.
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    • 2.Some resentment involves concern for the wrongdoer's moral reform, not mere fixation on past offense.
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    • 3.Distinguishing resentment from legitimate anger at injustice requires defining 'reactive' in ways that exclude morally justified responses.
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    • 1.Resentment arises only after harm has occurred, making it necessarily reactive rather than proactive in nature.
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    • 2.The phenomenology of resentment involves focusing on the wrongdoer's culpability, not on what benefits the wronged party now.
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    • 3.Resentment perpetuates cycles of blame-focus that prevent forward-looking reconciliation or healing efforts.
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