TY - JOUR
T1 - Culpability and ignorance
AU - Rosen, Gideon
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - When a person acts from ignorance, he is culpable for his action only if he is culpable for the ignorance from which he acts. The paper defends the view that this principle holds, not just for actions done from ordinary factual ignorance, but also for actions done from moral ignorance. The question is raised whether the principle extends to action done from ignorance about what one has most reason to do. It is tentatively proposed that the principle holds in full generality.
AB - When a person acts from ignorance, he is culpable for his action only if he is culpable for the ignorance from which he acts. The paper defends the view that this principle holds, not just for actions done from ordinary factual ignorance, but also for actions done from moral ignorance. The question is raised whether the principle extends to action done from ignorance about what one has most reason to do. It is tentatively proposed that the principle holds in full generality.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.0066-7372.2003.00064.x
DO - 10.1111/j.0066-7372.2003.00064.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548594168
SN - 0066-7374
VL - 103
SP - 61
EP - 84
JO - Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
JF - Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
IS - 1
ER -