Self-Blame and Moral Responsibility

Self-blame is an integral part of our lives. We often blame ourselves for our failings and experience familiar unpleasant emotions such as guilt shame regret or remorse. Self-blame is also what we often aim for when we blame others: we want the people we blame to recognize their wrongdoing and blame themselves for it. Moreover self-blame is typically considered a necessary condition for forgiveness. However until now self-blame has not been an integral part of the theoretical debate on moral res...See More