RT Article
T1 Violence, Shame, and Moral Agency - An Exploration of Krista K. Thomason's Position
JF De Ethica
VO 6
IS 1
SP 23
OP 34
A1 Henriksen, Jan-Olav 1961-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1752421922
AB Krista Thomason’s account of shame explains the link between shame and violence as something that arises out of a tension between our identity and our self-conception: those things about which we feel shame are part of our identities, but they are not part of our self-conception. She sees violence as an attempt to regain agency and control and overcome shame. Although this is an important trait in shame, to explain violence as a response to the loss of agency is not sufficient. Furthermore, it cannot explain serious self-harm as the result of shame, since such reactions undermined the agency she holds that violence attempts to reclaim. Hence, these features need to be incorporated into a wider account of shame that sees it as a response to the interruption of intentional projects and attempts for coherent agency.
K1 Account of evil
K1 Intention/End
K1 Intrinsic evil
K1 Object of the act
K1 Virtue Ethics
DO 10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.206123