Living with Uncertainty: The Moral Significance of Ignorance

by Michael J. Zimmerman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521171717
• ISBN13: 9780521171717
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"