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    Therefore, pity directed at a sick child constitutes an a... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The objection that deserving requires an appraising attitude fails if pity or compassion counts as an appraising attitude.

    Therefore, pity directed at a sick child constitutes an appraising attitude in Strawson's sense, satisfying the desert claim's requirement.

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    • 1.Strawson's appraising attitudes involve seeing someone as worthy of a reactive response based on their capacities or states, which illness clearly exemplifies.
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    • 2.Pity recognizes the child's diminished agency and vulnerability—morally relevant facts that ground desert claims about what responses they warrant.
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    • 3.Desert requires an appraisal of the subject's condition; pity for sickness appraises exactly that condition as meriting sympathetic concern.
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    • 1.Strawson's appraising attitudes track moral responsibility and agency; sickness is a non-moral condition, so pity may not satisfy Strawson's framework.
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    • 2.Desert traditionally concerns merit from conduct or character; a sick child's illness is unchosen and involuntary, failing the desert requirement's basis.
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    • 3.Pity may constitute mere sympathy to misfortune rather than an appraisal of what someone deserves, conflating compassion with desert-grounding attitudes.
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