On Moral Ignorance and Mistakes of Fact: a Response to Harman

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-10-2020

Publication Title

Philosophia

First page number:

1

Last page number:

8

Abstract

Moral ignorance is always blameworthy, but “failing to realize” that P when you have sufficient evidence for P is sometimes exculpatory, according to Elizabeth Harman (2017). What explains this alleged puzzle? Harman (2017) leaves this an open question. In this article, a solution is offered.

Keywords

Blame; Moral ignorance; Consequentialism

Disciplines

Philosophy

Language

English

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