Tip-Off #119 - Ashamed of Feeling Guilty

"With shame, my space should be instantaneously empty. With guilt, even if I disappeared, it would come with me." - Bernard Williams, moral philosopher. [*]

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The return of public shaming and vigilante justice, of viral videos and tendentious Tweets ("X's"), algorithmic biases, and digital gangbanging, makes guilt and shame worth renewed attention.

Guilt is about doing something wrong or feeling bad about doing something wrong. Shame is feeling bad about getting caught. While shame is an …