Inducing guilt in the target of the judgment is not the sole (or even primary) purpose of moral judgment, nor is it a necessary feature. That the target must be capable of experiencing guilt is not a necessary feature either. Do you disagree with any of this?
I am, in general, much more inclined to attribute unfairness to states of affairs than to people. Usually it’s a state of affairs that people could potentially do something to alter/mitigate, though, so I wouldn’t call a law of nature unfair.
In case it wasn’t clear, my comment on the universe felling guilty was my way of pointing out the futility of considering the universe unfair.
But human beings can change states of the universe. Is your point that they will not be motivated to do so if the judgment of unfairness is impersonal?
Inducing guilt in the target of the judgment is not the sole (or even primary) purpose of moral judgment, nor is it a necessary feature. That the target must be capable of experiencing guilt is not a necessary feature either. Do you disagree with any of this?
I am, in general, much more inclined to attribute unfairness to states of affairs than to people. Usually it’s a state of affairs that people could potentially do something to alter/mitigate, though, so I wouldn’t call a law of nature unfair.
In case it wasn’t clear, my comment on the universe felling guilty was my way of pointing out the futility of considering the universe unfair.
No.
But human beings can change states of the universe. Is your point that they will not be motivated to do so if the judgment of unfairness is impersonal?