And professors too?
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Professors, especially at public universities, are public figures. Very few are prominent public figures.
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Who's at the front of the class? How many students will pass before them? How in depth is their engagement as opposed to that of the guy on TV? Which lends authority to claims? Now, how many people do you have to influence to create an act of terrorism? One? Five? Even a dozen?
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I do think a professor might in theory be partly responsible in a given situation. My focus in this piece was on people who had no personal interactions with a perpetrator.
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I agree; thought provoking for me because there’s a lot of ambiguities, conceptual confusions, etc. I might want to write a reply. To be clear, I think people can sometimes be partly responsible, but I disagree about the what for and the how.
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Another issue: many think causal responsibility is necessary for moral responsibility. So did Trump *cause* or part-cause this? Can the actor blame Trump? Look what you made me do! What is Picciuto’s stance on manipulation arguments? There’s just a lot going on here.
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Is this guy mentally unwell? Is he even a proper target of moral blame? If not, then wouldn’t Trump bear much more responsibility than Picciuto suggests? So many issues here.
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