Responsibility: the Epistemic Condition |
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| Editor:
| Robichaud, Philip
Wieland, Jan Willem |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-877966-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2017 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $119.95AUD $160.95 |
Book Description:
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Sometimes ignorance excuses, sometimes it does not. Whether ignorance can be used as an excuse is controversial. Can ancient slaveholders be excused for owning slaves because they did not know that slavery is wrong? Sixteen new essays explore various ways of defining the line between ignorance that excuses and ignorance that does not.
Sometimes ignorance excuses, sometimes it does not. Whether ignorance can be used as an excuse is controversial. Can ancient slaveholders be excused for owning slaves because they did not know that slavery is wrong? Sixteen new essays explore various ways of defining the line between ignorance that excuses and ignorance that does not.