Title Living with uncertainty : the moral significance of ignorance / by Michael J. Zimmerman.

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Description	1 online resource (xv, 218 pages) : illustrations.
	text file
Series	Cambridge studies in philosophy
	Cambridge studies in philosophy.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary	Every choice we make is set against a background of massive ignorance about our past, our future, our circumstances and ourselves. Michael Zimmerman claims that our ignorance has an important moral significance, and offers an account of moral obligation and moral responsibility that is sharply at odds with prevailing wisdom.
Contents	Ignorance and obligation -- Risk and rights -- Prospective possibilism -- Ignorance and responsibility.
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Subject	Ethics.
	Ethics.
	Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
	Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
	Uncertainty.
	Uncertainty.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Zimmerman, Michael J., 1951- Living with uncertainty. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008019564
ISBN	0521894913 (Cloth)
	9780521894913 (Cloth)
	0511429630 (electronic book)
	9780511429637 (electronic book)
	9780511430015 (electronic book)
	0511430019 (electronic book)
	9780511481505 (ebook)
	0511481500 (ebook)
	9786611791537
	6611791531