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Hypocrisy, Change of Mind, and Weakness of Will: How to Do Moral Philosophy with Examples
Author(s) -
Szabados Béla,
Soifer Eldon
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9973.00112
Subject(s) - hypocrisy , deed , epistemology , philosophy , psychology , sociology , political science , law , theology
What are the differences between hypocrisy, change of mind, and weakness of will? Each typically involves a gap between word and deed, yet they do not seem morally equivalent. Moreover, they are intuitively different concepts, even though the conceptual boundaries between them are fuzzy. This paper explores diverse examples, attempting to identify elements which may be distinctive of each concept, with special attention to hypocrisy. It also provides a discussion of the appropriateness of such use of examples in moral philosophy.