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Full Idea
Moral and causal responsibility cannot be distinguished as clearly as the liberal strategy requires.
Gist of Idea
Moral and causal responsibility are not clearly distinct
Source
John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 03.2)
Book Ref
Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.50
A Reaction
I take assessment to be a two-stage operation. It is usually easy to assign causal responsibility. Moral responsibiity is quite different. Our negligence can make us morally responsible for an event we didn’t cause.