LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY by Professor Michael J. Zimmerman ( 9780521894913 )

Item Details

Title:

LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY
THE MORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF IGNORANCE

By:

Professor Michael J. Zimmerman

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£94.00

Our price:

£82.25

Discount:

12.5% off

You save:

£11.75

ISBN 10:

0521894913

ISBN 13:

9780521894913

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

11 September, 2008

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

Pages:

236

Description:

A novel account of the relevance of ignorance to both moral obligation and moral responsibility.

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

8 figures

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

AN ESSAY ON MORAL RESPONSIBILITY (HB)

IGNORANCE AND MORAL OBLIGATION (HB)

IGNORANCE AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY (HB)

LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY