Many philosophers characterize a particularly important sense of free will and responsibility by referring to basically deserved blame. But what is basically deserved blame? The aim of this paper is to identify the appraisal entailed by basic desert claims. It presents three desiderata for an account of desert appraisals and it argues that important recent theories fail to meet them. Then, the paper presents and defends a promising alternative. The basic idea is that claims about basically deserved blame entail that the targets have forfeited their claims that others not blame them and that there is positive reason to blame them. The paper shows how this view frames the discussion about skepticism about free will and responsibility.

许多哲学家通过提到基本上应得的责备来描述一种特别重要的自由意志和责任感。但是，什么基本上是罪有应得？本文的目的是确定基本应得权利要求的评估。它提出了沙漠评估的三个必要条件，并认为最近的重要理论未能满足这些要求。然后，本文提出并捍卫了一个有前途的替代方案。基本思想是，关于基本上应得的责备的主张意味着目标已经放弃了其他人没有责备他们并且有积极的理由责备他们的主张。该论文展示了这种观点如何构建关于对自由意志和责任的怀疑论的讨论。