Jim—I didn’t claim that libel law solves all problems in holding people to higher epistemic standards.
Often, it can be helpful just to incentivize avoiding the most egregious forms of lying and bias—e.g. punishing situations when ‘the writer had actual knowledge that the claims were false, or was completely indifferent to whether they were true or false’.
Jim—I didn’t claim that libel law solves all problems in holding people to higher epistemic standards.
Often, it can be helpful just to incentivize avoiding the most egregious forms of lying and bias—e.g. punishing situations when ‘the writer had actual knowledge that the claims were false, or was completely indifferent to whether they were true or false’.