Blame mitigation: a less tidy take and its philosophical implications

Why do we find agents less blameworthy when they face mitigating circumstances, and what does this show about philosophical theories of moral responsibility? We present novel evidence that the tendency to mitigate the blameworthiness of agents is driven both by the perception that they are less norm...

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Main Authors: Daigle, JL, Demaree-Cotton, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2021