Michael J Zimmerman

Ignorance and Moral Responsibility

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Produktbeschreibung

Michael J. Zimmerman investigates the relation between ignorance and moral responsibility. He examines and refines the Argument from Ignorance, which concludes that to be blameworthy for one's behaviour and its consequences, one must at some time in the history of that behaviour have known that one was engaged in wrongdoing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 163mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780192859570
• ISBN-10: 0192859579
• Artikelnr.: 66143761

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the author of several books and articles on fundamental issues in ethics and the theory of value, including Ignorance and Moral Obligation (OUP 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part 1: Introduction of the Argument from Ignorance
1: The Argument from Ignorance
Part 2: Examination and Refinement of the Argument from Ignorance
2: Moral Responsibility
3: Ignorance
4: Control
5: Culpable Ignorance
6: Negligence
7: Recklessness
8: Fundamental Moral Ignorance
Part 3: Challenges to the Argument from Ignorance
9: Varieties of Blameworthiness
Index