Trying to Be Moral, Morally
Abstract Often, we’re unsure what morality requires, and there’s a debate about whether our moral uncertainty and moral beliefs matter to what we should do. I argue that (1) our moral-epistemic circumstances (our beliefs, credences, and evidence about morality) matter to what we morally ought to do; (2) many objections to this are only problems if we assume all moral norms are sensitive to moral-epistemic circumstances; and (3) we should avoid this with an account incorporating procedural norms that are sensitive to our moral-epistemic circumstances (analogous to legal due process norms) and substantive norms that aren’t (analogous to substantive justice norms).
Authors
- Chelsea Rosenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-9777)
Institutions
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Philosophy
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2026.10067
- Primary Topic
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- New York University
- Simon Fraser University