A10 · Guilt and Regret
Moral luck and outcome-blame
Judging oneself or others by outcomes shaped by chance rather than by what was controllable at the time.
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Holding agency and moral luck in tension
Even if we retreat from outcomes to judge only inner character and intention, constitutive luck is already at work there; yet if we excuse everything due to luck, human agency vanishes, so we must hold personal responsibility and compassion for luck together.