t In Ignorance of Law, Douglas Husak’s main thesis is that ignorance of the law
typically provides an excuse for breaking the law, but in the case of recklessness he claims
that the excuse it provides is only a partial one, and in the case of willful ignorance he
claims that it provides no excuse at all. In this paper I argue that, given the general
principle to which Husak appeals in order to support his main thesis, he should revise

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• Recklessness, Willful Ignorance, and Exculpation