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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Ontological Ground of Alethic Modality' and 'Shame and Necessity'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

2178	In bad actions, guilt points towards victims, and shame to the agent [Williams,B]
	Full Idea: In what I have done, the guilt points in one direction towards what has happened to others, and the shame in another direction to what I am.
	From: Bernard Williams (Shame and Necessity [1993], IV - p.92)
	A reaction: Not convinced. I think shame has the fear of being observed as an inescapable component. Even when alone shame involves imagining what others might think.