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Morality, responsibility and belief

Grahame Jackson asks whether we are responsible for our beliefs.

Imagine a Nazi. This man, as any good Nazi should, believes that all Jews are attempting to take over the world and in the process will subject his race to slavery and bastardisation. He therefore holds a belief which most of us find repugnant. It is usual in this case for us to condemn this man for his belief. In a sense we hold him responsible for believing this blatantly absurd idea.

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