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The Role of Stereotypes in Theorizing About Conspiracy Theories: A Reply to DentithSocial Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (8): 93-99. 2022.
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Substantive Disagreement in the Le Monde Debate and Beyond: Replies to Duetz and Dentith, Basham, and HewittSocial Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (11): 18-25. 2022.
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Error Theories and Bare-Difference Methodology: A Reply to KopeikinJournal of Value Inquiry 57 (4): 641-650. 2023.Kopeikin (forthcoming a, forthcoming b) and Rachels’ (1975) bare-difference cases elicit the intuition that killing is no different than letting die. Hill’s (2018) bare-difference cases elicit the intuition that killing is worse than letting die. At least one of the intuitions must be mistaken. This calls for an error theory. Hill has an error theory for the intuition elicited by the Kopeikin/Rachels’ cases. Kopeikin and Rachels have an error theory for the intuition elicited by Hill’s cases. A …Read more
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Animals Deserve Moral ConsiderationJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 33 (2): 177-185. 2020.Timothy Hsiao asks a good question: Why believe animals deserve moral consideration? His answer is that we should not. He considers various other answers and finds them wanting. In this paper I consider an answer Hsiao has not yet discussed: We should accept a conservative view about how to form beliefs. And such a view will instruct us to believe that animals deserve moral consideration. I think conservatives like Hsiao do best to answer his question in a way that upholds the moral status of an…Read more
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