TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The objective attitude
JO  - Philosophical quarterly
A1  - Sommers, Tamler
SP  - 321
EP  - 341
VL  - 57
IS  - 228
N2  - I aim to alleviate the pessimism with which some philosophers regard the ‘objective attitude’, thereby removing a particular obstacle which P.F. Strawson and others have placed in the way of more widespread scepticism about moral responsibility. First, I describe what I consider the objective attitude to be, and then address concerns about this raised by Susan Wolf. Next, I argue that aspects of certain attitudes commonly thought to be opposed to the objective attitude are in fact compatible with it. Finally, I examine the prospects of someone who wishes to adopt the objective attitude permanently. In response to philosophers who claim that this would be psychologically impossible, I argue that our commitment to attitudes that presuppose moral responsibility can soften and fade, often without our noticing it.<p /> 
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SN  - 0031-8094
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.487.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -