Freedom and Resentment / Freiheit und Groll

Strawson's text discusses the question of how responsible we are for our actions: Often, we blame each other for our behavior. Do we then assume that the blame is only justified if one acted of their own free will? What characterizes a blame, then? Are our daily interpersonal interactions dependent on our freedom? And what would it mean to be free?

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