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Moral Responsibility
“Causing an event does not yet establish blame for it.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
Moral responsibility may concern whether an act expresses the agent, whether the agent owes reasons, or whether accountability is fitting. Control, knowledge, and competence are among the disputed conditions.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
Someone who triggers a rigged system unknowingly may cause the failure without deserving the blame owed to the person who set the trap.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
Causal responsibility, a duty to repair, and moral blameworthiness are not identical categories.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Before blaming, specify what the person knew, controlled, and could fairly be asked to answer for.