The non-culpability of moral ignorance
Are the people who engaged in immoral practices that are believed to be moral in their society to be held morally responsible for their actions? Gideon Rosen’s argument for the Parity Thesis of Ignorance follows one of the most influential philosophical views about cultural impediments to moral resp...
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| author | Long, Veronica Kai Hui |
| author2 | Andrew T. Forcehimes |
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| description | Are the people who engaged in immoral practices that are believed to be moral in their society to be held morally responsible for their actions? Gideon Rosen’s argument for the Parity Thesis of Ignorance follows one of the most influential philosophical views about cultural impediments to moral responsibility, that is, the upbringing of a person in certain culture can render one unable to know that some acts are wrong. The paper will look at some of the objections the Parity Thesis faces. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1375312020-04-01T01:08:50Z The non-culpability of moral ignorance Long, Veronica Kai Hui Andrew T. Forcehimes School of Humanities forcehimes@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Philosophy Are the people who engaged in immoral practices that are believed to be moral in their society to be held morally responsible for their actions? Gideon Rosen’s argument for the Parity Thesis of Ignorance follows one of the most influential philosophical views about cultural impediments to moral responsibility, that is, the upbringing of a person in certain culture can render one unable to know that some acts are wrong. The paper will look at some of the objections the Parity Thesis faces. Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy 2020-04-01T01:08:50Z 2020-04-01T01:08:50Z 2020 Final Year Project (FYP) https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137531 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Humanities::Philosophy Long, Veronica Kai Hui The non-culpability of moral ignorance |
| title | The non-culpability of moral ignorance |
| title_full | The non-culpability of moral ignorance |
| title_fullStr | The non-culpability of moral ignorance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The non-culpability of moral ignorance |
| title_short | The non-culpability of moral ignorance |
| title_sort | non culpability of moral ignorance |
| topic | Humanities::Philosophy |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137531 |
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