Belief as an Object of Moral Valuation

• Authors: Marian Przełęcki

Title variants

PL

Przekonania jako przedmiot oceny moralnej

EN

Belief as an Object of Moral Valuation

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

An answer to the question whether belief is a proper object of moral appraisal is shown to depend on some assumptions concerning the notion of moral judgement and belief. Different categories of morally appraisable objects are discussed and two concepts of belief are distinguished: a feeling of confidence and an act of assertion. It is claimed that an appraisal of beliefs with regard to their rationality has a moral aspect and that moral beliefs are liable to a moral valuation with respect to their moral content. Both kinds of moral valuation are illustrated by the case of the racist view.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Filozofii
• Journal: Filozofia Nauki
• Year: 1997
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 5-14

Dates

published

1997-12-01

Contributors

author

Marian Przełęcki