Abstract
There's heated debate around whether people who did terrible things in the past, at a time when there was widespread acceptance of such actions, are appropriately blamed by us, on the grounds they weren't really morally ignorant, or their ignorance was itself culpable. I point to puzzles that arise if we blame them. We need to explain how they could act so badly if they weren't fully ignorant. I argue that plausible answers to that question entail that they're not blameworthy, or that we lack standing to blame them.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 17-19 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Think |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 66 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Jan 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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- confederacy
- moral ignorance
- slavery
- statues