Benquo comments on The Craft And The Community: The Basics: Apologizing - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Benquo 23 November 2013 11:24:30PM *  2 points [-]

Here are some issues I'd like to see covered in the future:

  • Sometimes person A does something that causes person B to feel pain, and it doesn't seem like person A did anything wrong. What kind of apology, if any, is appropriate?
  • How do I tell when something really isn't my fault? What kind of harm-causing should I apologize for?
  • What do I do if someone tries to leverage my apology to extract some kind of additional concession from me, or I expect that this might happen?
  • Suppose I think someone should apologize to me for something. What should I do about it, if anything?
Comment author: TheOtherDave 23 November 2013 11:45:44PM 1 point [-]

For my own part, I find "I'm sorry that what I did hurt you" appropriate in the first case, declining to concede appropriate in the third, and asking for an apology appropriate in the fourth. The second is more complicated.

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