Vamair0 comments on My Kind of Moral Responsibility - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vamair0 05 May 2016 07:16:19PM 2 points [-]

It is possible to talk about utilitarian culpability, but it's a question of "would blaming/punishing this (kind of) person lead to good results". Like you usually shouldn't blame those who can't change their behavior as a response to blame unless they self-modified themselves to be this way or if them being blameless would motivate others that can... That reminds me of the Eight Short Studies On Excuses, where Yvain has demonstrated an example of such an approach.