Spiritual blindness, self-deception and morally culpable nonbelief

Heythrop Journal 48 (4):527–545 (2007)
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Abstract

While we may not be able simply to choose what we believe, there is still scope for culpability for what we come to belief. I explore here the distinction between culpable and non-culpable theistic unbelief, investigating the process of self-deception to which we can voluntarily contribute in cases where we do become culpable for failing to believe something.

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Deciding to believe.Bernard Williams - 1973 - In Problems of the Self. Cambridge University Press. pp. 136--51.
Self-perception Theory.Daryl J. Bem - 1978 - In . Academic Press.

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