 Consider persons with mental disorders such as kleptomania or agoraphobia. When these disorders are considered severe enough to compel behavior, blame and resentment no longer seem warranted. (It is the reasoning employed in ordinary judgment that’s relevant here, but for scientific evidence against the compulsion of some mental disorders, see Schroeder 2005; Vranas 2007; Pickard 2015.) Similarly, we may be less inclined to condemn a criminal when we discover that his illegal acts were the result of a brain tumor (Sinnott-Armstrong 2012), or to praise the generosity of person who is compelled to give things away (Bennett 2008). Those who, whether pathologically or not, act from overwhelming stress, fear, or guilt are not praised or blamed for what they do. And while young children may have a limited capacity for self-control (Duckworth, Gendler, &amp; Gross 2014), among the many reasons we don’t hold them morally responsible is that we think they are often powerless to resist their impulses.