Feeling Badly Is Not Good Enough: a Reply to Fritz and Miller

AbstractKyle Fritz and Daniel Miller ’s (2019) reply to my (2018) article helpfully clarifies their position and our main points of disagreement. Their view is that those who blame hypocritically lack the right to blame for a violation of some moral normN in virtue of having an unfair disposition to blame others, but not themselves, for violations ofN. This view raises two key questions. First, are there instances of hypocritical blame that do not involve an unfair differential blaming disposition? Second, if the answer to the first question is Yes, do hypocritical blamers of this kind lack the right to blame? In this paper, I argue that the answer to the first question is Yes. Given this, Fritz and Miller ’s account faces serious problems regardless of whether the answer to the second question is Yes or No.

Source: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice - January 10, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research