Three. Problems and Prospects in the Ethics of Belief

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-82
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Of Belief ◽  
The Ethics Of Belief

Reasoning and Lapses in James’ The Will to Believe

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 387-399
Author(s):  
Jonathan Adler
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Of Belief ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Ethics Of Belief

James’ The Will to Believe is the most influential writing in the ethics of belief. In it, James defends the right and rationality to believe on non-evidential grounds. James’ argument is directed against Clifford’s “Evidentialism” presented in The Ethics of Belief in which Clifford concludes that “[i]t is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence”. After an overview of the James-Clifford exchange and James’ argument, I reconstruct his argument in detail. Subsequently, I examine four steps in James’ argument, and try to show that these amount to fallacies – enticing to reason, but not cogent.

ON THE ETHICS OF BELIEF

Ratio ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Nicholas Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Of Belief ◽  
The Ethics Of Belief

John Locke and the Ethics of Belief

1999 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 1105
Author(s):  
M. Jamie Ferreira ◽  
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Keyword(s):  
John Locke ◽  
Ethics Of Belief ◽  
The Ethics Of Belief

Firth and the Ethics of Belief

1991 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick M. Chisholm
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Of Belief ◽  
The Ethics Of Belief
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