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    Challenges→The story of responsibility based solely on attributing actions to agents is incomplete.

    The adversarial responses Watson identifies as accountability practices (indignation, resentment) are themselves explained by attributability: we react because the action reflects the agent's will.

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    Accountability practices(as used in ethics)
    The social customs and systems we use to hold people responsible for their actions—like blame, criticism, or punishment.
    Attributability(as used in moral responsibility)
    Whether we can fairly say an action truly belongs to or reflects a person's character, beliefs, or values—not just something that happened to them.
    Indignation(as an example of a reactive attitude)
    A feeling of anger or outrage when you witness something you think is deeply unfair or wrong, especially when it affects others.
    Watson(as referenced in philosophy of action and ethics)
    Refers to Gary Watson, a contemporary philosopher who wrote influential work on responsibility, moral responsibility, and how we distinguish between different aspects of human agency.

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    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor
    resentment(Proposed within the no-priority view discussion of wrongness)
    A specific form of anger conceptually restricted to cases that are founded on moral reasons, particularly wrongness.

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