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XIV-Kant on the Ethics of Belief

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, I explore the possibility of developing a Kantian account of the ethics of belief by deploying the tools provided by Kant's ethics. To do so, I reconstruct epistemic concepts and arguments on the model of their ethical counterparts, focusing on the notions of epistemic principle, epistemic maxim and epistemic universalizability test. On this basis, I suggest that there is an analogy between our position as moral agents and as cognizers: our actions and our thoughts are subject to the same rational norm.

Source: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback)

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9264.2014.00375.x

Author: Alix Cohen

Institution: University of Edinburgh

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2014850155

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Cites: 46

Cited by: 51

Related to: 10