Explanations do not need to be a mechanism for assigning blame. I'm not even sure what it would mean to "blame" society; that's barely more sensible than "blaming" a hurricane. Perhaps I lack the clarity of thought of someone who thinks they know what I've said better than I do
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This still lacks clarity. With the moral agent lens, for example, "blame" is assigned differently for an accidental shooting and a purposeful shooting. With the causal agent lens, "blame" can be assigned to both without making moral inferences.
I think this is a *really* important point. If explanations are always assumed to be making moral inferences, explanations become much harder to make without stepping on toes.
