Many beliefs are also Self-defending, but that is little reason to hold onto them. There is no Reason for the same principle not to apply to beliefs about morality, which values implicitly are. Thus their Self-defending-ness doesn’t necessarily mean that reflective equilibrium doesn’t just throw them out as false theories rather than updating on them as raw data, though of course they are both. Or so one perspective would argue.
Many beliefs are also Self-defending, but that is little reason to hold onto them. There is no Reason for the same principle not to apply to beliefs about morality, which values implicitly are. Thus their Self-defending-ness doesn’t necessarily mean that reflective equilibrium doesn’t just throw them out as false theories rather than updating on them as raw data, though of course they are both. Or so one perspective would argue.