UNA ÉTICA DE LA CREENCIA EN PEDRO OLIVI

Since the publication of William Clifford, Ethics of Belief in 1877, a discussion has been developed around the question of the possibility of thinking about normative criteria to morally in order to justify our assent. This study provides evidence to support the hypothesis that the text written by Peter Olivi (Quaestiones de virtutibus, q. 8 and 9) would develop a particular ethics of belief. The purpose of this Franciscan who lived in the thirteenth century would be to make explicit the presuppositions that would guide the typical scholastic discussion regarding the problem of the relationship between revealed faith and reason. The great interest of this doctrine is that, considering as a starting point a revelation that is never questioned, it tries to elaborate normative criteria that comply with the rigorous standards imposed by the correct use of reason without invalidating the moral justification of belief in that revelation.