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Inference and Justification in Ethics

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Philosophy, Applied.
We all say that certain moral views – true or false, agreed to or not – are reasonable, rational or justified. When we say this, we mean, roughly, that the agent who has come to these views has answered her ethical questions in a responsible way and that her beliefs are defensible from her own perspective. Whether or not these beliefs turn out true, they have some epistemic merit. This work is an investigation into that notion of epistemic merit. It asks, "What makes a moral belief justified?"
Christian Coons (Advisor)
Michael Weber (Committee Member)
Michael Bradie (Committee Member)
Daniel Fasko (Committee Member)
76 p.

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  • Sparks, J. (2018). Inference and Justification in Ethics [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1515362257905547

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sparks, Jacob. Inference and Justification in Ethics. 2018. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1515362257905547.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sparks, Jacob. "Inference and Justification in Ethics." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1515362257905547

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)