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basic blame, scant praise, and minimal agency
"This book defends a general theory of responsibility, arguing that the blameworthy artist is responsible in just the same way that the blameworthy thief is. Individuals can be responsible for all kinds of different activities, but the basic responsibility relation is the same in every case. Individuals are responsible for the things they do first, then blameworthy or praiseworthy for having done them in light of whether they're good or bad, according to a variety of standards. Moreover, the book develops this view with modest theoretical resources, offering minimal accounts of agency, control, blame and praise, and desert, delivering a comprehensive picture of being responsible for all the many things humans do"--Publisher's description.
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: A General Theory of Responsibility -- An Initial Case Study -- What's in a Name? -- Being Responsible -- An Argument in Two Keys -- Local Focus -- Roadmap -- 1. The Basic Responsibility Relation -- Symmetry in Praising and Blaming -- The Basic Responsibility Relation -- The Case for Asymmetry -- What's Next -- 2. Basic Agency -- Doers and Doings -- Where the Action Is -- Conditions on the Basic Responsibility Relation -- Why the Basic Responsibility Relation? -- Next Steps -- 3. Basic Blame and Basic Praise -- A Schematic Approach -- Basics of Blame (and Praise) -- Blame by Any Other Name -- Mere Grading and the Force of Blame -- Testing the Account -- Scant Praise -- The Story So Far -- 4. Basic Desert -- Are Ye Worthy? -- Deserving Blame (and Praise) -- Hard Treatment and Sanction -- What's So Bad about Being Blameworthy? -- Going without Desert -- Basic Desert and Praise -- Summing Up -- 5. Beyond Basic Responsibility -- Accounting for Different Types of Responsibility -- The Really Real Self -- Building Character -- Check Your Attitude -- The Limits of Authorship -- What Lies Beyond -- Conclusion: Odds and Ends -- Signposts and Exit Ramps -- Specifying Activities -- The Moral in Responsibility -- Koko, the Artist -- Coming of Age -- Compatibility Test -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]