unfoldway
@unfoldway.bsky.social
A struggling philosopher who always thinks about practical reason, autonomy and political legitimacy
I’ve been thinking about guilt and shame a lot. Rawls says that guilt is other-regarded and shame is self-regarded. That’s probably why feeling shameful is so much harder than guilty. Guilt comes easily, disguising itself as morality even when there’s no real moral self-control.
January 31, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I’ve been thinking about guilt and shame a lot. Rawls says that guilt is other-regarded and shame is self-regarded. That’s probably why feeling shameful is so much harder than guilty. Guilt comes easily, disguising itself as morality even when there’s no real moral self-control.