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Originally Posted by Adder
Only if the person hearing it somehow thinks it needs to absolve itself, perhaps because that person is not capable of understanding how society being collectively at fault does not imply personal wrongdoing on their part.
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That's putting words in that person's mouth. The person may simply be applying the most basic of calculations -- assessing culpability among all actors in the situation.
I don't see how one can get around the logic of doing that. It's the most basic approach. You don't see any empirical assessment of cause, of any kind, anywhere, that doesn't try to take into account all possible inputs.
Your better argument, I believe, is Ty's and Klein's: It's entirely logical to do so, but it's probably not socially very helpful. We can all agree on that.
