Structural Responsibility Attribution Theory

Structural Responsibility Attribution Theory (SRAT) I have uploaded a new preprint: "The Locus of Responsibility: Against the Direct/Indirect Distinction in Moral Attribution Theory." This paper argues that the dominant tradition in moral attribution theory has organized itself around a misidentified variable. The direct/indirect distinction does not determine where responsibility resides — it determines what conditions an agent can invoke to resist attribution. Structural Responsibility Attribution Theory (SRAT) proposes that responsibility is structurally anchored in the observational world of the agent, and distinguishes two independent layers: structural responsibility and internal responsibility. The manuscript has been submitted for peer review. This preprint is made available in advance of the review process. Related updates may be available at: patreon.com/NMStructuralTheoryLab