Introduction
1. Microaggression basics
2. All in the eye of the beholder?
3. Collective harm and individual blame
4. Agency problems: Ignorance and lack of control
5. Proleptic blame
6. How to do better
7. Uptake failure and dismissal
8. Skillful blame and social media chaos
Conclusion: Justice for an imperfect world
References
Index
Biography
Regina Rini holds the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition at York University in Toronto. Her writing has appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Aeon, and numerous academic journals.
"What a wonderful book! Rini writes with a rare combination of analytic rigor and delicious readability. The book sparkles with anecdotes and examples - personal, political, and historical - that engagingly convey the complexity of the issues. I especially admire Rini's multi-layered treatment of blame, which deftly avoids the dozen pitfalls of less nuanced approaches." - Eric Schwitzgebel, University of California, Riverside, USA
"This is a truly fascinating book, chockful of insights, engaging narratives, fun turns of phrase, and incisive argumentation. An excellent text for philosophy courses (on ethics, social justice, disability, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of race), which is also frank and straightforward enough to engage anyone interested in how we should proceed toward a more just and humane society." - Alex Madva, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA
