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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Main Author:	Long, Veronica Kai Hui
Other Authors:	Andrew T. Forcehimes
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	Nanyang Technological University 2020
Subjects:	Humanities::Philosophy
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137531
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The non-culpability of moral ignorance

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