No-fault Unbelief Defended: a Reply to Roberto Di Ceglie

In the philosophy of religion, ‘no-fault unbelief’ represents the view that a person can fail to believe that God exists through no fault of their own. On the other hand, ‘flawed unbelief’ says a person is always culpable for failing to believe that God exists. In a recent article in Sophia, Roberto...

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Main Author: Lougheed, Kirk (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2021
In: Sophia
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 473-479
Further subjects:B No fault unbelief
B Divine Hiddenness
B Reasonable disagreement
B Di Ceglie
B Flawed unbelief
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Summary:In the philosophy of religion, ‘no-fault unbelief’ represents the view that a person can fail to believe that God exists through no fault of their own. On the other hand, ‘flawed unbelief’ says a person is always culpable for failing to believe that God exists. In a recent article in Sophia, Roberto Di Ceglie argues that some might find the usual reasons for rejecting ‘no-fault unbelief’ (i.e. intellectual or moral failure) to be offensive. In light of this, he proposes an alternative rejection of ‘no-fault unbelief’ based on the consequences it entails for both non-believers and believers. I argue that Di Ceglie does not do nearly enough to establish these consequences. I conclude that his rejection of ‘no-fault unbelief’ is at best incomplete or at worst false.
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-020-00817-1