1. Hypercrisy and standing to self-blame.
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Tierney, Hannah
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BLAME , *HYPOCRISY , *EQUALITY , *RIGHT & wrong , *DENIAL (Psychology) - Abstract
In a 2020 article in Analysis , Lippert-Rasmussen argues that the moral equality account of the hypocrite's lack of standing to blame fails. To object to this account, Lippert-Rasmussen considers the contrary of hypocrisy: hypercrisy. In this article, I show that if hypercrisy is a problem for the moral equality account, it is also a problem for Lippert-Rasmussen's own account of why hypocrites lack standing to blame. I then reflect on the hypocrite's and hypercrite's standing to self-blame , which reveals that the challenge hypercrisy poses for accounts of standing is different from the challenge Lippert-Rasmussen articulates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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