‘Dirty Hands’: Guilt and Regret in Moral Reasoning

Nigel Biggar argues against ‘dirty hands’ reasoning for two reasons. The first is that dirty hands reasoning is paradoxical. The second is that ‘dirt’ in dirty hands is often—and wrongly—conceived as guilt. According to Biggar, the dirt should instead be understood as regret. In this article, I defe...

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Main Author: Gingles, Dallas J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-122
RelBib Classification:NCB Personal ethics
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Regret
B Moral emotions
B Dirty Hands
B Guilt
B Nigel Biggar
B Moral Reasoning
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