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dc.contributor.authorBlanshard, Brand
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T19:32:02Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T19:32:02Z
dc.date.issued1971-01-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/3387
dc.description.abstractThere is an ethics of thought, as well as of practice, and that ethics is the same outside religion as within it. We may not be able to control our beliefs directly, but we can control them indirectly. So we are accountable for the ways in which we form our beliefs. Some say that beliefs are private affairs, but our beliefs affect our actions, and our actions have consequences for others. Thus we are accountable for our beliefs. Religious traditions that promote unquestioning acceptance of belief without evidence are violating the ethics of belief. William James’ defense of belief without evidence is enticing, but ultimately unsuccessful.
dc.subjectEthics Of Belief
dc.subjectFaith And Reason
dc.subjectIntellectual Obligation
dc.subjectEpistemology
dc.titleThe Ethics of Belief
dc.typearticle
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-07T19:32:02Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewedTRUE
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.description.publicationtitlePhilosophic Exchange
dc.contributor.organizationYale University
dc.languate.isoen_US


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    Philosophic Exchange is published by the Center for Philosophic Exchange, at the College at Brockport. The Center for Philosophic Exchange was founded by SUNY Chancellor Samuel Gould in 1969 to conduct a continuing program of philosophical inquiry, relating to both academic and public issues. Each year the Center hosts four speakers, and each speaker gives a public lecture that is intended for a general audience. These lectures are then published in this journal.

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