Conceptual analysis explores the nature of wrongs and rights, indicating complexities in moral philosophy.
There is a difference between doing something that is wrong and wronging someone in particular. Texting while driving is wrong; injuring a pedestrian because you were texting while driving is a wrong against that particular pedestrian. It has been common to think that wrongs just are violations of the wronged party’s rights, but recent arguments suggest otherwise: there can also be wrongs without rights violations. Supposing these arguments are correct, what is it to wrong someone?
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Anni Aliisa Räty (2026) studied this question.
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