The impact of disinformation and misinformation has become impossible to ignore. Whether it is denial about climate change, conspiracy theories about elections, or misinformation about vaccines, the ...

As racial stereotypes are beliefs about contingent matters of fact, it is puzzling how they could be proper objects of moral condemnation, resentment, and blame. Beliefs are not actions. They cannot ...

Ethical veganism is a "philosophical belief" and so is protected in law, a tribunal has ruled for the first time. The landmark legal case was brought by vegan Jordi Casamitjana, who claims he was ...

Religion and belief are protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. “Belief” is defined in the Act as “any religious or philosophical belief and a reference to belief includes a reference ...

A U.K. employment tribunal has ruled that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and should be protected by law as such. Jordi Casamitjana, a vegan animal protection professional, says he was ...

In this paper we address the ethics of adopting delusional beliefs and we apply consequentialist and deontological considerations to the epistemic evaluation of delusions. Delusions are characterised ...

Human freedom is not optional. It is not subject to our volition; rather, it is an inescapable reality imposed upon us – we do not choose to be free. Whether we like it or not, we are free because our ...

Adapted from an Ethics at Noon presentation given at Santa Clara University on 25 September 2001. In spite of the many differences among Christians, Jews, and Muslims, they share a fundamental belief ...

Lawrence Torcello does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...