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What we believe and what we do not believe has a great impact on what we do and fail to do. Hence, if we want to act responsibly, we should 'believe' responsibly. However, do we have the kind of control over our beliefs that such responsibility for our beliefs seems to require? …
This book develops and defends a theory of responsible belief. The author argues that we lack control over our beliefs, but that we can nonetheless influence them. It is because we have intellectual obligations to influence our beliefs that we are responsible for them.
This work develops and defends a theory of responsible belief. The author argues that we lack control over our beliefs, but that we can nonetheless influence them. It is because we have intellectual obligations to influence our beliefs that we are responsible for them.
What we believe and what we do not believe has a great impact on what we do and fail to do. Hence, if we want to act responsibly, we should believe responsibly. However, do we have the kind of control over our beliefs that such responsibility for our beliefs seems to require? Do…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ignorance, Alternative Possibilities, and the Epistemic Conditions for Responsibility -- 3 Moral Incapacity and Moral Ignorance -- 4 Justification, Excus…
"Broadly speaking, there are two contrasting attitudes towards common sense prevalent in ancient Greek philosophy. On the one hand, there is a dismissive attitude: common sense, understood as what people in general routinely think, is regarded as simply misguided and out of touc…
