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Living with Uncertainty Michael J. Zimmerman (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)

Living with Uncertainty By Michael J. Zimmerman (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)

Living with Uncertainty by Michael J. Zimmerman (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)


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Michael Zimmerman provides a highly original account of moral obligation and moral responsibility that is sharply at odds with the prevailing wisdom. His book will be of significant interest to a wide range of readers in ethics.

Living with Uncertainty Summary

Living with Uncertainty: The Moral Significance of Ignorance by Michael J. Zimmerman (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)

Every choice we make is set against a background of massive ignorance about our past, our future, our circumstances, and ourselves. Philosophers are divided on the moral significance of such ignorance. Some say that it has a direct impact on how we ought to behave - the question of what our moral obligations are; others deny this, claiming that it only affects how we ought to be judged in light of the behaviour in which we choose to engage - the question of what responsibility we bear for our choices. Michael Zimmerman claims that our ignorance has an important bearing on both questions, and offers an account of moral obligation and moral responsibility that is sharply at odds with the prevailing wisdom. His book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in ethics.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Ignorance and obligation; 2. Risk and rights; 3. Prospective possibilism; 4. Ignorance and responsibility; References; Index of names; Index of subjects.

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NLS9780521171717
9780521171717
0521171717
Living with Uncertainty: The Moral Significance of Ignorance by Michael J. Zimmerman (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2010-06-10
236
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