ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that the display of resentment comes to the surface and the moral invocation to another. Resentment is a reactive anger grounded in a belief, or thought, or perception of being wrongly injured by another. Immanuel Kant suggests that gratitude expresses an attitude of 'appreciativeness' that pre-exists the exchange or comes to be cultivated through it. Civilians are proxies for service members in important ways and their position gives them certain advantages and responsibilities, as well as incurs costs. The chapter frames the question of civilian moral responsibility for war in terms of civilian participation and contribution to a war effort. Civilian gratitude expressed toward service members is a token acceptance of that sense of shared responsibility and accountability for sending fellow citizens to war, independent of specific causal contributions to war activity or to its support. The basic worry really is: how do we impose costs on civilian 'Thank you's'? That was Phil Carter's worry.
