If one accepts (as not all do) that people are at least sometimes blameworthy for what they do, then a further question arises: how blameworthy are they? Sometimes a person may draw attention to factors relating to their moral agency that they suggest makes them less blameworthy for what they did.
A person may claim that they are a bit, but not very blameworthy for acting in a rude and abrupt way because they have a cold. They may suggest they are less blameworthy for their rudeness because of the cold. In a legal setting a person may argue that they are less blameworthy for a criminal act, and deserving of less punishment because they experienced difficult formative circumstances (perhaps an abusive family environment). Or they may suggest that they deserve less blame and punishment for their crime because of a mild mental illness that does not provide a complete excuse. I will consider how to evaluate claims like this. If we have decided that someone is blameworthy for a wrong how can we decide how blameworthy they are? Dates: 1st Tuesdays of the month. Nights. 18:15 for a 18:30 Start. Finish 21:30 (Feel free to come and go at any point during the night.) The Members Bar, Floor 1 (Keep winding up to the top of the stairs.) The Gaelic Club 64 Devonshire Street Surry Hills 2010 NSW Sydney, Australia (100 metres from a Central railway station exit.) Cost: $3 donation. (This goes entirely to the venue). www.philorum.org View a google map at http://www.philorum.org/centralNextMeeting Subsequent meeting: Will be at Redfern 2013-08(Aug)-21 Wed. The future of Marxism and Leninism (Myles Paulsen) http://www.philorum.org/redfernFutureCalendar.html http://www.philorum.org/centralFutureCalendar.html _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list: http://bit.ly/sydphil New archive: http://bit.ly/SydPhilArchive To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://bit.ly/sydphil ... and if you can't get to that page, try the EMERGENCY PAGE: http://bit.ly/SydPhilEmergency
