Examples of blameless

• Our substantive arguments about the moral similarities between equally blameless victims and equally careless actors do not dictate a unique policy approach.

• This does not mean that it was entirely blameless, for it too used some coercion and deception.

• In acknowledging the possibility of excuses, one is acknowledging the possibility of blameless wrongdoing.

• But the marriage of a youth to a 70-year-old woman is good and blameless according to the practice of the church.

• The rescuer is blameless and does not owe an apology.

• In the case of pure preventive action, however, the agent is entirely blameless at the moment of preemption.

• Pleasure might be sinful, but pain was a penalty and thus blameless.

• Second, semi-global consequentialists could accept a modified version of the principle that combined 'oughts' imply 'can' that makes an exception for cases of blameless wrongdoing.