Tollefsen, Deborah (2006). The rationality of collective guilt. Midwest Studies in Philosophy 30 (1):222–239. If emotions are partly constituted by desire then they play a significant role in motivating us to act morally,and if they are perceptions, they may be responsive to values and norms that lie at the heart of our moral life (Gibbard 1990;D’Arms and Jacobson 2000).Emotions such as resentme..