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Defeating wrongdoing : why victims of unjust harm should take priority over victims of bad luck

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Duus-Otterström, Goran and Page, Edward (2023) Defeating wrongdoing : why victims of unjust harm should take priority over victims of bad luck. Social Theory & Practice, 49 (1). pp. 57-77. doi:10.5840/soctheorpract202337180 ISSN 0037-802X.

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Abstract

It is sometimes suggested that victims of unjust harm should take priority over victims of other forms of harm. We explore four arguments for this view: that victims of unjust harm experience greater suffering; that prioritizing victims of unjust harm would help prevent unjust harm in the future; that it is good for perpetrators that their victims be prioritized; and that it is impersonally better that victims of unjust harm are prioritized. We argue that the first three arguments fail but that the fourth argument succeeds. Moral agents have a reason to prioritize victims of wrongdoing because this secures the impersonal value of corrective justice. However, this reason can be activated differently for different agents depending on how they are situated relative to the wrongdoing, and it may be outweighed by other factors, such as the extent of the harm that could be alleviated.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy
J Political Science > JC Political theory
K Law [Moys] > KB General and Comparative Law
K Law [Moys] > KM Common Law, Public Law
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Civil law , Justice, Causation, Criminal law -- Moral and ethical aspects
Journal or Publication Title: Social Theory & Practice
Publisher: Florida State University * Department of Philosophy
ISSN: 0037-802X
Official Date: January 2023
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2023Published
14 March 2023Available
6 April 2021Accepted
Volume: 49
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 57-77
DOI: 10.5840/soctheorpract202337180
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 4 June 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access: 4 June 2021
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
M17-0372:1Riksbankens Jubileumsfondhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004472
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