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21 Feb
Moral Disagreement is Special
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Center for Bioethics and Health Law
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Moral Disagreement is Special

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Regina Rini, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition
York University

Abstract: Most of the literature on moral disagreement is framed in strictly epistemic terms. Professor Rini argues that this framing is misleading, as moral disagreement is unlike peer disagreement in other epistemic domains, owing to the special character of the moral domain. She defends the claim that disagreement with peers gives us reason to reduce confidence in disputed moral beliefs, but not for epistemic reasons. Rather, we have moral reason to do so. Reducing confidence in this way is morally required by recognition respect for the moral agency of the peer with whom we disagree.

Sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon University Department of Philosophy

Friday, February 21 at 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

carnegie mellon univeristy, A53 Baker Hall A53

Moral Disagreement is Special

Regina Rini, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition
York University

Abstract: Most of the literature on moral disagreement is framed in strictly epistemic terms. Professor Rini argues that this framing is misleading, as moral disagreement is unlike peer disagreement in other epistemic domains, owing to the special character of the moral domain. She defends the claim that disagreement with peers gives us reason to reduce confidence in disputed moral beliefs, but not for epistemic reasons. Rather, we have moral reason to do so. Reducing confidence in this way is morally required by recognition respect for the moral agency of the peer with whom we disagree.

Sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon University Department of Philosophy

Friday, February 21 at 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

carnegie mellon univeristy, A53 Baker Hall A53

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