The wrongs of racist beliefs

摘要: We care not only about how people treat us, but also what they believe of us. If I that you’re a bad tipper given your race, I’ve wronged you. But, if you are tipper? It is commonly argued the way racist beliefs wrong believer either misrepresents reality, organizes facts in misleading distorts truth, or engages fallacious reasoning. In this paper, present case challenges orthodoxy: supposedly rational racist. live world has been, and continues to be, structured by attitudes institutions. As result, evidence might be stacked favour beliefs. there reflect reality rationally justified, could with them? Moreover, do believing epistemically ought evidence? To address challenge, we must recognize epistemic norms governing belief, moral ones as well. This view, however, at odds assumption obligation requires kind voluntary control lack regard our background motivates many philosophers try explain away appearance can locating elsewhere, e.g., an agent’s actions. Further, even accounts accept thesis restrict class false result hot irrationality, belief ill-will. paper argue although these will capture wrongs associated beliefs, partial explanations because cannot committed The challenge posed concerns practices non-ideal world. unjust place, may morally objectionable it justifies. seriously consider others virtue them, just do.