Rage against the Machine
David Estlund has recently asked how structural injustice can warrant resentment and indignation, given that it cannot fully be traced to culpable conduct. This article answers Estlund’s question. I propose that a social structure is an object that persists through time and is materially constituted by humans in relation. I use accounts of the point of blame to vindicate attitudes of resentment and indignation that target social structures themselves, without necessarily targeting their human constituents.
Authors
- Stéphanie Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0949-1072)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ethics
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1086/735394
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.43