@article{1481236,
      recid = {1481236},
      author = {Heikes, Deborah K.},
      title = {Epistemic responsibility for undesirable beliefs /},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 233 pages)},
      abstract = {This book considers whether we can be epistemically  responsible for undesirable beliefs, such as racist and  sexist ones. The problem with holding people responsible  for their undesirable beliefs is: first, what constitutes  an "undesirable belief" will differ among various epistemic  communities; second, it is not clear what responsibility we  have for beliefs simpliciter; and third, inherent in  discussions of socially constructed ignorance (like white  ignorance) is the idea that society is structured in such a  way that white people are made deliberately unaware of  their ignorance, which suggests their racial beliefs are  not epistemically blameworthy. This book explores each of  these topics with the aim of establishing the nature of  undesirable beliefs and our responsibility for these  beliefs with the understanding that there may well be  (rare) occasions when undesirable beliefs are not  epistemically culpable. Deborah K. Heikes is Professor of  Philosophy at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1481236},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41858-7},
}