Faculty Articles
Cautiously Optimistic Rationalism May Not Be Cautious Enough
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Publication Title
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume
42
First Page
e159
ISSN
1469-1825
Abstract/Excerpt
May expresses optimism about the source, content, and consequences of moral judgments. However, even if we are optimistic about their source (i.e., reasoning), some pessimism is warranted about their content, and therefore their consequences. Good reasoners can attain moral knowledge, but evidence suggests that most people are not good reasoners, which implies that most people do not attain moral knowledge.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18002613
ORCID ID
0000-0002-4082-9505
NSUWorks Citation
Landy, J. F.
(2019). Cautiously Optimistic Rationalism May Not Be Cautious Enough. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, e159.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1763