Do you believe you have the right to believe whatever you want so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone?
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We act directly as a result of our beliefs, consciously or subconsciously, we just do. As a philosopher you are taught to examine everything you believe and why you believe such, and is it valid?
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The ethics of beliefs states: (Quote by William Kingdon Clifford)pic.twitter.com/eQ0g3S7vMf
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So if you have a belief in which has not been examined thoroughly enough and you still believe it, you have failed morally (according to some philosophers). In philosophy you have a moral obligation to yourself and others to examine your views. So your views can make you bad.
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So like, anti vaxxers. They rarely do the real research to come to certain conclusions and they still share their beliefs which can and have been proven invalid. Are AntiVaxxers good people if they don’t vaccinate their children?
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What we would consider anti vaxxers have is something called “Blind Faith”. And blind faith is dangerous when left unchecked because rarely do people with blind faith beliefs give you the space to bring new information to the basis of them making said beliefs.pic.twitter.com/8JDhXghmOI
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Now I know some of y’all are thinking “What about God!?” Philosophy studied religion and they’ve debated for centuries on whether God is real and it’s really 50/50 so most people in philosophy agree that believing in a God is OK.
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Why is believing in God okay? Because it meets certain criteria to make it okay.pic.twitter.com/By8UxkaVMz
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Believing in God is a belief that can be held up in an argument basically. So what options make a belief a credible belief vs a bullshit one?pic.twitter.com/QwgqBilKiV
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Now what does all that mean? Live Vs Dead. Forced vs Unforced. Momentous vs Trivial.
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Live Option: Something you think could work for you Dead Option: Something you absolutely don’t see working for youpic.twitter.com/1KaKikdvfE
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Forced Option: When you have to make a choice (believe in god or not believe) Unforced Option: When you can abstain from making a choicepic.twitter.com/MuitnDUzgC
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Momentous Option: Something that could change your life (taking a job offer) Trivial Option: Really won’t make a difference just a petty choice to makepic.twitter.com/6WppKWsi2s
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These criteria ONLY apply to beliefs for which we don’t have sufficient evidence to back them on, mainly religious.
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Now I say all that to say when you say you have a certain belief, you need to understand what a JUSTIFIED BELIEF is vs an OPINION. You need to examine your beliefs and really ponder if they are justified or are you just stating an opinion.
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