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A man owned an old passenger ship. Despite genuine doubts, he decided not to investigate whether it was seaworthy; he just convinced himself that it was.

Suppose that the ship continued to carry passengers safely. Clifford says that the man

    { 1 } - wouldn't be guilty in any way -- because his belief that the ship would be all right turned out to be correct.
    { 2 } - would be just as guilty as if the ship sank and killed all the passengers.
    { 3 } - wouldn't be guilty in any way -- because he intended no harm.

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

A man owned an old passenger ship. Despite genuine doubts, he decided not to investigate whether it was seaworthy; he just convinced himself that it was.

Suppose that the ship continued to carry passengers safely. Clifford says that the man

He was guilty -- according to Clifford -- because he had no right to believe on the evidence that he had. The fact that his belief turned out to be true makes no difference.

It's always wrong to believe on insufficient evidence.

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2 is correct!

A man owned an old passenger ship. Despite genuine doubts, he decided not to investigate whether it was seaworthy; he just convinced himself that it was.

Suppose that the ship continued to carry passengers safely. Clifford says that the man

    { 1 } - wouldn't be guilty in any way -- because his belief that the ship would be all right turned out to be correct.
    { 2 } - would be just as guilty as if the ship sank and killed all the passengers.
    { 3 } - wouldn't be guilty in any way -- because he intended no harm.

He was guilty -- according to Clifford -- because he had no right to believe on the evidence that he had. The fact that his belief turned out to be true makes no difference.

It's always wrong to believe on insufficient evidence.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

A man owned an old passenger ship. Despite genuine doubts, he decided not to investigate whether it was seaworthy; he just convinced himself that it was.

Suppose that the ship continued to carry passengers safely. Clifford says that the man

    { 1 } - wouldn't be guilty in any way -- because his belief that the ship would be all right turned out to be correct.
    { 2 } - would be just as guilty as if the ship sank and killed all the passengers.
    { 3 } - wouldn't be guilty in any way -- because he intended no harm.

He was guilty -- according to Clifford -- because he had no right to believe on the evidence that he had. The fact that his belief turned out to be true makes no difference.

It's always wrong to believe on insufficient evidence.

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