%0 Journal Article %A Brandenburg, Daphne %T De bemoedigende houding %D 2018 %J Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, %V 110 %N 4 %P 405-420 %@ 2352-1244 %R https://doi.org/10.5117/ANTW2018.4.002.BRAN %K responsibility %K moral agency %K nurturing stance %K objective stance %K Strawson %I Amsterdam University Press, %X Abstract The Nurturing Stance. A critical addition to Strawsonian theories of responsibility. In this paper I provide an important addition to Strawsonian theory. In the first section I briefly discuss the Strawsonian approach to responsibility. Then I discuss in some detail the stance we, according to Strawsonians, take 
towards people who lack the abilities to comply with moral norms. This ‘objective stance’ is inconsistent with the stance that is considered typical and desirable in psychiatric contexts and care-relationships more generally speaking. In order to resolve this conflict I formulate an additional stance that allows Strawsonian theory to account for this. %U https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/ANTW2018.4.002.BRAN