Cautiously Optimistic Rationalism May Not Be Cautious Enough

Author(s)

Justin F. Landy, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

ORCID

0000-0002-4082-9505

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

ISSN

1469-1825

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

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

Volume

42

First Page

e159

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