The moral obligations of trust

Philosophical Explorations 17 (3):332-345 (2014)
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Abstract

Moral obligation, Darwall argues, is irreducibly second personal. So too, McMyler argues, is the reason for belief supplied by testimony and which supports trust. In this paper, I follow Darwall in arguing that the testimony is not second personal ?all the way down?. However, I go on to argue, this shows that trust is not fully second personal, which in turn shows that moral obligation is equally not second personal ?all the way down?

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Paul Faulkner
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Epistemology Personalized.Matthew A. Benton - 2017 - Philosophical Quarterly 67 (269):813-834.
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Testimony: a philosophical study.C. A. J. Coady - 1992 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Knowledge on Trust.Paul Faulkner - 2011 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Testimony, Trust, and Authority.Benjamin McMyler - 2011 - , US: Oxford University Press.

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