Apologizing for Who I Am |
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Authors: | GLEN PETTIGROVE JORDAN COLLINS |
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Institution: | Glen Pettigrove & Jordan Collins, Department of Philosophy, University of Auckland, Level 3, Arts 2 Building, 18 Symonds Street, New Zealand. g.pettigrove@auckland.ac.nz. http://artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=gpet999 |
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Abstract: | Philosophical discussions of apologies have focused on apologizing for wrong actions. Such a focus overlooks an important dimension of moral failures, namely, failures of character. However, when one attempts to revise the standard account of apology to make room for failures of character, two objections emerge. The first is rooted in the psychology of shame. The second stems from the purported social function of apologies. This paper responds to these objections and, in so doing, sheds further light both on why we apologize (when we are in the wrong) and on why we accept apologies (when others are). |
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