The Alethic Conception of Moral Responsibility

Abstract

A theory of moral responsibility should not just identify the conditions of moral responsibility; it should explain why those conditions are as they are. This chapter explores an account of responsibility that yields explanations of the desired sort. According to the Alethic View, for a person X to be morally responsible (praiseworthy or blameworthy) for an action A just is for the thoughts implicit in the moral reactive emotions to be true of X and A. These thoughts thus determine the basic conditions of moral responsibility.

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