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Acting without knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2018

Heidi Lene Maibom
Heidi Lene Maibom*
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221. heidi.maibom@uc.eduhttp://www.artsci.uc.edu/faculty-staff/listing/by_dept/philosophy.html?eid=maibomhi&thecomp=uceprof
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Abstract

I question whether psychological effects that an agent is unaware of can express her values and, if they can, whether this allows us to hold her responsible in the range of cases that we would like to.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e50
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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