Emotional expressions of moral value |
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Authors: | Julie Tannenbaum |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892-1156, USA |
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Abstract: | In “Moral Luck” Bernard Williams describes a lorry driver who, through no fault of his own, runs over a child, and feels “agent-regret.”
I believe that the driver’s feeling is moral since the thought associated with this feeling is a negative moral evaluation
of his action. I demonstrate that his action is not morally inadequate with respect his moral obligations. However, I show
that his negative evaluation is nevertheless justified since he acted in way that does not live up to his moral values. I
then use this distinctive negative moral evaluation to distinguish agent-regret from guilt and mere regret.
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Keywords: | Agent-regret Guilt Moral value Moral obligation Moral luck Kant Aristotle Bernard Williams |
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