Philosophy / Unit 4 Philosophy 0168 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Reactive Attitudes
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The idea
Strawson's reactive attitudes: resentment, gratitude, and indignation are built into human relationships—responsibility practices need no metaphysical license to continue.
In practice
Even a convinced determinist bristles at betrayal. Strawson argues the bristling, not a theory, is where responsibility lives.
Where people slip
The move relocates the debate rather than ending it: critics ask whether attitudes can settle what they presuppose.
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