Ethics of Belief: Essays in Tribute to D.Z. Phillips

This volume is presented as a tribute to D.Z. Phillips and the introduction by Eugene Long includes a brief discussion of Phillips' life and work. The first six articles were originally written at the invitation of Phillips for a conference on the ethics of belief held at Claremont Graduate Uni...

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Other Authors: Long, Eugene Thomas. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Horn, Patrick. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8377-8
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Ethics of belief: introduction
  • The duty to believe according to the evidence
  • The virtues of belief: toward a non-evidentialist ethics of belief-formation
  • The ethics of belief and two conceptions of christian faith
  • Choosing to believe
  • Can religious arguments persuade?
  • Belief, faith, and acceptance
  • D. Z. Phillips and reasonable belief
  • D. Z. Phillips on the grammar of “God”
  • Tribute to Dewi Z. Phillips.