The Grounds of Excuses

Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2023-09-02
Springer Nature
scimago Q1
SJR: 0.369
CiteScore: 1.1
Impact factor: 0.5
ISSN: 00483893, 15749274
Philosophy
Abstract

According to a popular view, excuses undermine blameworthiness. At the same time, philosophers commonly accept that blameworthiness is composed of two necessary conditions: a moral objectionability condition and a responsibility condition. For excuses to do their job, they must undermine at least one of these conditions. In this paper, I conclude that excuses do neither. By inference to the best explanation, I propose a view that reconciles this conclusion with the function of excuses.

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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1007/s11406-023-00681-6
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-023-00681-6
TI - The Grounds of Excuses
T2 - Philosophia (United States)
AU - van Loon, Marie
PY - 2023
DA - 2023/09/02
PB - Springer Nature
SN - 0048-3893
SN - 1574-9274
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@article{2023_van Loon,
author = {Marie van Loon},
title = {The Grounds of Excuses},
journal = {Philosophia (United States)},
year = {2023},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {sep},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-023-00681-6},
doi = {10.1007/s11406-023-00681-6}
}