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The Good and the Wrong of Hypocritical Blaming

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  • Upadhyaya, Kartik

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Provided we blame others accurately, is blaming them morally right even if we are guilty of similar wrongdoing ourselves? On the one hand, hypocrisy seems to render blame morally wrong, and unjustified; but on the other, even hypocritical blaming seems better than silence. I develop an account of the wrongness of hypocritical blaming which resolves this apparent dilemma. When holding others accountable for their moral failings, we ought to be willing to reason, together with them, about our own, similar failings. Hypocrisy undermines this process of mutual deliberation. Thus, even if better than silence, hypocritical blaming is second-best, and that is why it is wrong.

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  • Upadhyaya, Kartik, 2024. "The Good and the Wrong of Hypocritical Blaming," Utilitas, Cambridge University Press, vol. 36(1), pages 83-101, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:utilit:v:36:y:2024:i:1:p:83-101_6
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