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Ah, sorry yes I think I did misread your comment. Thanks for explaining!! I wasn't offended or anything, I just didn't see a path forward in the conversation.
by passivate 5y ago
Ah, sorry yes I think I did misread your comment. Thanks for explaining!! I wasn't offended or anything, I just didn't see a path forward in the conversation.
Anyhoo, I'm not saying we need to abandon looking at how external agents influence behavior, all I'm saying is that personal responsibility is critical in informing how we look at behavior. Without that lens, it would almost impossible to implement a fair justice system. We can all work towards structural changes while still adopting a punitive stance when it comes to egregious violations of criminal and civil law.
- quadrangle 5y agoGlad to actually get clarification of the misunderstanding. Thanks for being responsive! I agree with you fully here. The semantic thing is that there's this useful self-reflective framing of contrasting "responsibility" from "blame" similarly to contrasting restoration vs retribution. The idea is that blame is about accountability, about finding fault, and it's commonly the mindset we're in when we're reactive in the sort of sense of not being stoic, being stuck on being mad that the world is the way it is and so on. By contrast, if we are taking responsibility, we are asking ourselves how to actually respond to the reality we face instead of focusing on figuring out who to blame. I know that's not a universally recognized distinction, but I find it very useful.