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Scepticism and Seduction

Scepticism and Seduction

Cesar Kiraly
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 38
ISBN13: 9781522505259|ISBN10: 1522505253|EISBN13: 9781522505266
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0525-9.ch012
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Kiraly, Cesar. "Scepticism and Seduction." Seduction in Popular Culture, Psychology, and Philosophy, edited by Constantino Martins and Manuel Damásio, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 259-296. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0525-9.ch012

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Kiraly, C. (2017). Scepticism and Seduction. In C. Martins & M. Damásio (Eds.), Seduction in Popular Culture, Psychology, and Philosophy (pp. 259-296). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0525-9.ch012

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Kiraly, Cesar. "Scepticism and Seduction." In Seduction in Popular Culture, Psychology, and Philosophy, edited by Constantino Martins and Manuel Damásio, 259-296. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0525-9.ch012

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Abstract

This is the course we intend to follow: to put together the specific features of sceptical seduction and see the means it employs as well as, when possible, pointing out the changes in direction made by the sceptical tradition. At the same time, we believe that this kind of seduction can have possible political implications when it is compared with the immorality caused by dogmatic seduction. By this is meant that we seek to show that the kind of seduction exercised by sceptics appears to us to be better than that practised by dogmatists, especially with regard to its effects on political life. Setting out from the factors outlined here, we seek to show that the kind of seduction practised by dogmatists tends to lack any sense of responsibility towards the seduced through the protection granted to the seducer who is regarded as better or even superior in the way that the cruelty of the seduction is concealed. It seems to us that the seduction practised by the sceptic maintains an explicit form of cruelty and thus does not bring about the effects of immorality on people's lives.

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