Francisco Mejia Uribe, Aeon, Nov 12, 2018 In ‘The Ethics of Belief’ (1877)  William Kingdon Clifford gives three reasons for believeing that belief without evidence is morally wrong (quoted from the article): every single belief has the capacity to be truly consequential poor practices of belief-formation turn us into careless, credulous believers we have the moral responsibility not to pollute the well of collective knowledge I am always wary of arguments that conclude that we have a 'duty' or 'responsibility' because these are easily abused by others and almost always require that we act against our own self-interest, sometimes in devastating ways. But each of these can be seen in a way that aligns the collective interest with perosnal interest, and that's what gives them force. Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]
Francisco Mejia Uribe, Aeon, Nov 12, 2018 In ‘The Ethics of Belief’ (1877)  William Kingdon Clifford gives three reasons for believeing that belief without evidence is morally wrong (quoted from the article): every single belief has the capacity to be truly consequential poor practices of belief-formation turn us into careless, credulous believers we have the moral responsibility not to pollute the well of collective knowledge I am always wary of arguments that conclude that we have a 'duty' or 'responsibility' because these are easily abused by others and almost always require that we act against our own self-interest, sometimes in devastating ways. But each of these can be seen in a way that aligns the collective interest with perosnal interest, and that's what gives them force. Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]