Philosophy 202 5-31-02 friday

Ch. 17
It's useful to believe lobsters do not feel pain, because otherwise I would feel too guilty to eat them.

w.k. clifford
"it's wrong for anyone at anytime to believe anything without sufficient evidence."

Is it morally okay to believe something you have sufficient evidence for, if believing it makes your life better in some way?

Do we have a duty to believe the truth?
If so, can that duty be triumphed by other considerations?

Milk, baseless optimism
1)increases achievement
2)makes a person happier
"Driving a car isn't that dangerous if I wear my seat belt."