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[from 'Virtues of the Mind' by Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 1. Epistemic virtues ]

Full Idea

It is not enough that a process is reliable; a person will not reliably use such a process without certain virtues.

Gist of Idea

A reliable process is no use without the virtues to make use of them

Source

Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (Virtues of the Mind [1996], II 4.1.2)

Book Reference

Zagzebski,Linda: 'Virtues of the Mind' [CUP 1996], p.176


A Reaction

This is a point against Sosa's reliabilist account of virtues. Of course, all theories of epistemic justification (or of morality) will fail if people can't be bothered to implement them.