Kelly McCormick, "The Problem of Blame: Makin...

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Dave and Tamler talk about the influence of character judgments on attributions of blame. What is the function of the blame--to assign responsibility or to judge a person's character? Is it fair that we blame douchebags more than good people who commit exactly the same act, or ...

Are we incarcerating the innocent?

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